Englefield House, Berkshire

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Artist/Maker	Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin	Berkshire (made)

Large house with a field in the foreground and trees in the background. There is a slight pencil sketch of a square tower with tow pinnacles on the back.

Object details

Categories	Watercolours Landscapes
Object type	Watercolour
Title	Englefield House, Berkshire (popular title)
Materials and techniques	pencil, pen, and water-colour on paper. Watercolour (Paint) Ink Pencil Paper (Fiber Product) Drawing (Image-Making) Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description	Watercolour, Englefield House, Berkshire, by John Constable, 1832
Physical description	Large house with a field in the foreground and trees in the background. There is a slight pencil sketch of a square tower with tow pinnacles on the back.
Dimensions	Height: 11.5cm Width: 19.2cm Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'24 Augt 1832. 8-9 morg.' (Inscribed in lower left corner in ink by the artist.) 'Inglefield House Rd. Benyon de Bouvir Esq. Berkshire. left London. for the above place Augt 22. 1832. with Lane.' (Inscribed in ink by the artist on the back.)
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]
Place depicted	Berkshire
Bibliographic reference	Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 204, 205, 209-210
Other number	340, plate 252 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	345-1888

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1041853/englefield-house-berkshire-watercolour-constable-john-ra/

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