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A water-mill at Newbury, Berks.

Drawing
04/06/1821 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
Berkshire (made)

Page from a sketchbook. Sketch of a man fishing by a cottage with a water-mill.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Landscapes
Object type
Drawing
TitleA water-mill at Newbury, Berks. (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and grey wash
Pencil
Wash
Watercolour
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawing, A water-mill at Newbury, Berks, by John Constable, pencil and grey wash, 1821
Physical description
Page from a sketchbook. Sketch of a man fishing by a cottage with a water-mill.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.1cm
  • Width: 26cm
Styles
British
19th
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'TURKE J WHA 18'

    Note
    truncated watermark

  • Newbury Berks June 4, 1821

    Note
    Inscribed in top left corner in ink by the artist.

Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
Historical context
The chief of Constable's four exhibits in 1821 was 'Landscape: Noon' ('The Hay Wain') (National Gallery No. 1207; for the full-scale sketch see No. 209 [987-1900] in this Catalogue). His third child, Charles Golding Constable, was born on 29 March. He accompanied Archdeacon John Fisher on his visitation of Berkshire in June, took No. 2 Lower Terrace, Hampstead, for his family during the summer and autumn and paid a visit to Fisher at Salisbury in November.

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 135]
Subject depicted
Water-Mill
Place depicted
Berkshire
Bibliographic references
  • Parris, Leslie and Fleming-Williams, Ian. Constable London : The Tate Gallery, 1991 302
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 135, 138-140
  • Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number
211, plate 160 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
285-1888

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Record createdJuly 10, 2006
Record URL
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