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A Country Road with Trees and Figures (recto); Willy Lott's House (verso)

Oil
ca. 1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

On the front is a country road with three figures and trees. On the back is a house next to water.

Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil
TitleA Country Road with Trees and Figures (recto); Willy Lott's House (verso) (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Oil Paint
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil sketch of A country road with trees and figures / Willy Lott's House (on reverse) by Constable.
Physical description
On the front is a country road with three figures and trees. On the back is a house next to water.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 24.2cm
  • Approx. width: 33cm
  • Frame height: 60.3cm
  • Frame width: 50.3cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Object history
Given by Isabel Constable, 1888
Historical context
'In 1830 Constable was a member of the Hanging Committee of the Royal Academy (see the note to No. 321 [FA 38] above). He exhibited views of Helmingham Park and Hampstead Heath and another landscape at the Royal Academy. The first number of English Landscape Scenery was published in June or July.'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p.198]
Subjects depicted
Trees
House
Place depicted
East Bergholt
Bibliographic references
  • Parris, Leslie and Fleming-Williams, Ian. Constable London : The Tate Gallery, 1991 no.42
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 198-199
  • Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number
329, 329a, plate 239, 242 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
787-1888

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Record createdJune 13, 2006
Record URL
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