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Leathes Water (Thirlmere)

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

Landscape without foliage in pencil and grey wash. On the back is a slight pencil sketch of mountain scenery.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleLeathes Water (Thirlmere) (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and grey wash
Watercolor
Brief description
Drawing, 'Leathes Water (Thirlmere)' by Constable.
Physical description
Landscape without foliage in pencil and grey wash. On the back is a slight pencil sketch of mountain scenery.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13cm
  • Width: 38.7cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
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, 186-1888, 194-1888].'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 56]
Subject depicted
Mountains
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. 56, 64, 65
Other number
94, plate 54. - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
194-1888

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Record createdJuly 26, 2006
Record URL
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