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A Landscape near East Bergholt: Evening

Oil
07/07/1812 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Landscape with a large tree on the left-hand side in oil on canvas.

Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil
TitleA Landscape near East Bergholt: Evening (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Oil Paint
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting, 'A Landscape near East Bergholt: Evening', John Constable, 1812
Physical description
Landscape with a large tree on the left-hand side in oil on canvas.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 16.5cm
  • Approx. width: 33.7cm
  • Frame height: 41.8cm
  • Frame width: 57cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • '7 July 1812' (Inscribed in oil by the artist, lower left corner)
  • 'M.L.' (Inscribed on the back in ink [Maria Louisa Constable])
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Object history
Given by Isabel Constable, 1888
Historical context
In 1812 Constable's exhibits at the Royal Academy were 'Salisbury: Morning', 'A Watermill' (Flatford Mill) (see No. 103 [135-1888]) and two small landscapes. Apart from a possible brief visit to Salisbury (see No. 118 [263-1888]) he spent most of the supper in Suffolk.

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 77]
Subject depicted
Landscape
Place depicted
East Bergholt
Bibliographic references
  • Parris, Leslie and Fleming-Williams, Ian. Constable London : The Tate Gallery, 1991 no.35
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, cat. no. 116
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 77, 78, 80
Other number
116, plate 70 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
146-1888

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Record createdJune 13, 2006
Record URL
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