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A road leading to Salisbury

Drawing
1820, August 9 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Sketch of a road with figures, surrounded by trees. Salisbury Cathedral is visible in the distance.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Landscapes
English
Object type
Drawing
TitleA road leading to Salisbury (popular title)
Materials and techniques
pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, A road leading into Salisbury, by John Constable, pencil on paper, 1820
Physical description
Sketch of a road with figures, surrounded by trees. Salisbury Cathedral is visible in the distance.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.5cm
  • Width: 18.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • TMAN Y MILLS 17 (truncated watermark)
  • Salisbury Augst. 9. 1820. (Inscribed in lower right corner by the artist.)
  • 22d Augt. 1820 West doors of Salisbury (Inscribed on the back in pencil by the artist. It evidently refers to No. 195 [279-1888], and shows that it was drawn on the following page of the sketch book.)
Historical context
In 1820 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy 'Stratford Mill' (now in the collection of Sir Reginald Macdonald-Buchanan) and 'A View of Harwich Lighthouse' (see No. 142 [302-1888] above).
He stayed with Fisher at Salisbury in July and August, settled his wife and children at Hampstead by 1 September, and paid a brief visit to Malvern Hall.

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 127]
Place depicted
Salisbury
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 127, 130, 131, 134
  • Timothy Wilcox, Constable and Salisbury. The Soul of Landscape London: Scala Publishers Ltd, 2011. ISBN: 978 1 85759 678 6.
Other number
193, plate 149 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
262-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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