Constable's Sketchbook
Sketchbook
1813-1815 (made)
1813-1815 (made)
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Bound sketchbook of 90 pages of drawings, together with one intercalated leaf from a later sketchbook. The sketchbook is half bound in black leather, gold-toole, marbled boards.
Object details
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| Title | Constable's Sketchbook (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | pencil |
| Brief description | Sketchbook of drawings by Constable. |
| Physical description | Bound sketchbook of 90 pages of drawings, together with one intercalated leaf from a later sketchbook. The sketchbook is half bound in black leather, gold-toole, marbled boards. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | J WHATMAN 1810 (Paper Watermark) |
| Credit line | Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist |
| Historical context | In 1813 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy 'Landscape: Boys Fishing' and a second landscape. He spent most of the summer and autumn in Suffolk. [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 80] |
| Production | Sketchbook was used in Essex and Suffolk between July and October 1813. The inserted leaf is from a sketchbook of the year 1815. |
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| Other number | 121, plates 76 to 93 and 118. - Reynolds catalogue no. |
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| Accession number | 317-1888 |
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| Record created | July 10, 2006 |
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