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St. Mary-ad-Murum Church, Colchester

Drawing
c. 1817, Aug 9 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Sketch of St. Mary-ad-Murum Church with figures and trees.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Landscapes
Object type
drawing
TitleSt. Mary-ad-Murum Church, Colchester (popular title)
Materials and techniques
pencil and chinese wash on paper
Pencil
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, St. Mary-ad-Murum Church, Colchester,by John Constable, pencil and wash on ppaer, 1817
Physical description
Sketch of St. Mary-ad-Murum Church with figures and trees.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.5cm
  • Width: 18.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Aug 9' followed by some marks which may be fortuitous or may represent a year (Inscribed below on left in pencil)
  • '1811' or '1817' (If the inscription following 'Aug 9' is a date, it might represent either of these years)
  • Colchester. St. Mary's. JC (Inscribed on the back in pencil)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Historical context
In 1819 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy 'A scene on the River Stour' ('The White Horse'), bought by John Fisher, and now in the Frick Collection, New York (see the sketch-book No. 132, pp. 66 and 70). His second child Maria Louisa (Minna) was born on 19 July. He took a house at Hampstead for the first time at the end of the summer. He was elected A.R.A. on 1 November.

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 121]
Subject depicted
Church
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 121, 126
Other number
180, plate 143 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
301-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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