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A windmill and cottages

Watercolour
July 1834 ? (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

View of a windmill and cottages.

Object details

Categories
Watercolours
Landscapes
Drawings
Object type
Watercolour
TitleA windmill and cottages (popular title)
Materials and techniques
pen and bistre ink and water-colour on paper
Watercolour (Paint)
Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Watercolour, A Windmill and Cottages, on the back a drawing of a country road, by John Constable, 1834
Physical description
View of a windmill and cottages.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14cm
  • Width: 23.5cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'No. 2/22'

    Note
    Inscribed at top right in ink.

  • 'M.L.C.' [Maria Louisa Constable]

    Note
    Inscribed below on right in pencil.

  • '15 July 1834'

    Note
    Inscribed below on left of the verso 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
Windmill
Cottage
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 215, 217, 218, 219
  • Andrew Loukes, Constable at Petworth , [England] : National Trust, 2014.
Other number
364, plate 261 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
204-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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