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View at Hampstead, looking towards London.

Watercolour
7 December 1833 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
Hampstead (made)

Landscape view from Hampstead with a low horizon.

Object details

Category
Watercolours
Object type
Watercolour
TitleView at Hampstead, looking towards London. (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Black Chalk
White Chalk
Brief description
Watercolour, 'View at Hampstead, looking towards London.' by Constable.
Physical description
Landscape view from Hampstead with a low horizon.
Dimensions
  • Height: 555mm
  • Width: 438mm
  • Height: 21 3/4in
  • Width: 17 1/4in
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Hampd December 7, 1833 3 oclock - very stormy afternoon - & High Wind -' (Inscribed on the back in ink, presumably by the artist)
  • '21' (Inscribed in pencil with the serial number)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
Historical context
'In 1833 Constable exhibited four oil paintings and three drawings at the Royal Academy: the former included 'Englefield House, Berkshire ... morning' (see Nos. 340-344 [345-1888, 255-1888, 1258-1888, 1258a-1888, 1258b-1888]) and 'Cottage in a Cornfield' (No. 352 [1631-1888]). He gave his first lecture in Hampstead this year. '

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 210]
Place depicted
Hampstead
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 210, 215
  • Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number
358, Plate 259 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
220-1888

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Record createdJuly 19, 2006
Record URL
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