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Saddleback and part of Skiddaw

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

Watercolour drawing

Object details

Category
Watercolours
Object type
Watercolour
TitleSaddleback and part of Skiddaw (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour
Black Chalk
White Chalk
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Watercolour, 'Saddleback and part of Skiddaw' by Constable.
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 555mm
  • Width: 438mm
  • Height: 21 3/4in
  • Width: 17 1/4in
Marks and inscriptions
Saddle back and part of Skeddaw Sep 21 - 1806 Stormy Day - Noon (Inscribed on back on card on which drawing is mounted, copying the artist's inscription on the back of the drawing.)
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
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. 56-58.
Other number
72, plate 40. - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
794-1888

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Record createdJuly 26, 2006
Record URL
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