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View over hilly country, with a stormy sky

Watercolour
ca. 1830-6 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Watercolour of a hilly landscape with a low horizon.

Object details

Category
Watercolours
Object type
Watercolour
TitleView over hilly country, with a stormy sky (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on thin paper.
Brief description
Watercolour, 'View over hilly country, with a stormy sky' by Constable.
Physical description
Watercolour of a hilly landscape with a low horizon.
Dimensions
  • Height: 112mm
  • Width: 188mm
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
Illegible (Blind-stamp in top right corner.)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
Historical context
'In 1836 Constable's two exhibits at the Royal Academy were the 'Cenotaph to the memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds' (now in the Tate Gallery, No. 1272) and the watercolour 'Stonehenge' (No. 395 [1629-1888]). He gave four lectures on 'The History of Landscape Painting' at the Royal Institution in May and June of this year and his last lecture, at Hampstead, on 25 July. Constable died on 31 March 1837. His almost completed painting 'Arundel Mill and Castle' (now in the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio; see No. 379 [260-1888]) was exhibited posthumously at the Royal Academy.'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 233]
Bibliographic references
  • Parris, Leslie and Fleming-Williams, Ian. Constable London : The Tate Gallery, 1991 336
  • The Abstraction of Landscape: From Northern Romanticism to Abstract Impressionism, Madrid: Fundación Juan March, 2007 47
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 233, 240
Other number
409, pl. 297 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
176-1888

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Record createdJune 13, 2006
Record URL
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