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A farmhouse and church at Houghton, Sussex

Watercolour
12 July 1834 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

View of a farmhouse and church amid trees.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA farmhouse and church at Houghton, Sussex (popular title)
Materials and techniques
pencil and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Watercolour, A Farmhouse and Church at Houghton, Sussex, by John Constable, 1834
Physical description
View of a farmhouse and church amid trees.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14cm
  • Width: 23.5cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'July 12 1834' (Inscribed in top left corner in pencil by the artist.)
  • 'Houghton--July 12, 1834' (Inscribed vertically in pencil by the artist.)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
Historical context
'In 1834 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy three water-colour drawings and a pencil drawing: the former included 'The Mound of the City of Old Sarum, from the south' (No. 359 [1628-1888]) and a view of Stoke Poges Church. He visited George Constable for the first time at Arundel in July and Lord Egremont at Petworth in September.'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 215]
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 215, 217
  • Andrew Loukes, Constable at Petworth , [England] : National Trust, 2014.
Other number
363, plate 260 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
211-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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