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Derwentwater : stormy evening.

Watercolour
6 October 1806 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
Lake District (made)

View of a lake with a rocky, moutainous background. On the back are some pencil scribbles, a patch of watercolour, and some inscriptions.


Object details

Categories
Watercolours
Landscapes
Object type
Watercolour
TitleDerwentwater : stormy evening. (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour
Pencil
Watercolour
Brief description
Watercolour, 'Derwentwater : stormy evening' by Constable, 1806.
Physical description
View of a lake with a rocky, moutainous background. On the back are some pencil scribbles, a patch of watercolour, and some inscriptions.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.5cm
  • Width: 23.8cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Derwent Lake- Sunday 6 Octr. 1806-Stormy Evening' (Inscribed on the back in pencil by the artist.)
  • '24 Sepr-1806.' (Also on the back a faint inscription in pencil.)
  • 'Unknown' (There is possibly another word on the back under Derwent.)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
Historical context
'Constable's only exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1806 was No. 65 [169-1888]. In June he was at East Bergholt, as is attested by Nos. 66 and 67 [224-1888 and 346-1888]. In the autumn he paid a visit of some two months to the Lake District and made many drawings, among them Nos. 72-94 [794-1888, 348-1888, 192-1888, 812-1888, 170-1888, 185-1888, 188-1888, 184-1888, 187-1888, 178-1888, 179-1888, 177-1888, 193-1888, 183-1888, 1256-1888, 596-1888, 181-1888, 182-1888, 1257-1888, 811-1888, 349-1888].'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 56]
Subject depicted
Lakes
Place depicted
Lake District
Bibliographic references
  • Hebron, Stephen, Shields, Conal and Wilcox, Timothy, The solitude of mountains: Constable and the Lake District, Grasmere, Wordsworth Trust, 2006
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 61, 64, 65
Other number
82, plate 46. - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
179-1888

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Record createdJuly 21, 2006
Record URL
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