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Englefield House, Berkshire

Drawing
possibly August 1832 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable (artist)
Place of origin
Berkshire (made)

Sketch of Englefield House. The house takes up almost the entire picture frame.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Landscapes
Object type
Drawing
TitleEnglefield House, Berkshire (popular title)
Materials and techniques
pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawing, Englefield House, Berkshire, by John Constable, pencil on paper, 1832
Physical description
Sketch of Englefield House. The house takes up almost the entire picture frame.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.4cm
  • Width: 22.4cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'red' and 'a little bit of red roof' (Inscribed along the top in pencil by the artist in reference to the left-hand wing.)
  • 'a little too wide and too large altogether' (Inscribed along the top in pencil by the artist in reference to the left-hand tower)
  • 'Too wide' (Inscribed along the top in pencil by the artist in reference to the entrance bay)
  • 'greenish slate roof' (Inscribed along the top in pencil by the artist in reference to the front of the house.)
  • 'too narrow &too small altogether' (Inscribed along the top in pencil by the artist in reference to the right-hand turrent.)
  • 'gilt' (Inscribed along the top in pencil by the artist in reference to the left-hand weather vane.)
  • 'Chimneys all the same size--only trace in the turrets larger' (Inscribed along the top in pencil by the artist.)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
Historical context
'In 1832 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy four oil paintings and four drawings. The oil paintings included 'Waterloo Bridge, from Whitehall Stairs, June 18th, 1817' (formerly in the collection of Mr. Harry H. Ferguson; see Nos. 173-175 [290-1888, 322-1888, 604-1888] in this Catalogue); 'A Romantic House, Hampstead' (probably National Gallery No. 1246) and 'Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead' (now in the collection of Sir Kenneth Clark). The drawings included one of 'Jaques and the Wounded Stag' (see No. 407 [795-1888] in this Catalogue). Archdeacon John Fisher died on 25 August.'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 204]
Subject depicted
House
Place depicted
Berkshire
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 204, 206, 207
Other number
343, plate 253 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
1258A-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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