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A cottage near a cornfield

Watercolour
ca. 1832 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

A cottage with a cornfield to the left.

Object details

Categories
Watercolours
Landscapes
Agriculture
Object type
Watercolour
TitleA cottage near a cornfield (popular title)
Materials and techniques
pencil, pen and ink, and water-colour
Pencil
Ink
Watercolour (Paint)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Watercolour, A Cottage near a Cornfield, by John Constable, ca.1832
Physical description
A cottage with a cornfield to the left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.5cm
  • Width: 19.1cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • '9' (Serial number insribed on the back in ink.)
  • 'M.L.C.' [Maria Louisa Constable] (Inscribed on the back in pencil.)
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
Cottage
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 204, 209-210
Other number
349, plate 251 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
233-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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