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A waterfall in the Lake District

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

A rocky waterfall in pencil, and grey and pinkish wash.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleA waterfall in the Lake District (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, grey and pinkish wash
Black Chalk
White Chalk
Brief description
Drawing, 'A waterfall in the Lake District' by Constable.
Physical description
A rocky waterfall in pencil, and grey and pinkish wash.
Dimensions
  • Height: 555mm
  • Width: 438mm
  • Height: 21 3/4in
  • Width: 17 1/4in
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Marks and inscriptions
Cumberland (Inscribed on the back in pencil, not in the artist's hand.)
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
Waterfalls
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, 63-65
Other number
91, plate 52. - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
811-1888

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Record createdJuly 26, 2006
Record URL
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