A windmill at Stoke, near Ipswich
Watercolour
1814, February (made)
1814, February (made)
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| Place of origin |
Landscape with purple sky and windmill in pen and watercolour.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A windmill at Stoke, near Ipswich (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and watercolour |
| Brief description | John Constable, A windmill at Stoke, near Ipswich, 1814, Reynolds cat. no. 123 |
| Physical description | Landscape with purple sky and windmill in pen and watercolour. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist |
| Historical context | In 1814 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy 'Landscape: Ploughing scen in Suffolk' (see note on No. 122); also 'Landscape: the ferry', probably the painting in Mill Stream' now in the Ipswich Museum. He visited the Revd. Mr. Driffield at Feering in June (see Nos. 124-128) and spent much of the rest of the year in Suffolk. [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 90] |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 90, 92, 93 |
| Other number | 123, plate 75 - Reynolds catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 342-1888 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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