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John Constable, RA, at the age of twenty

Tempera Painting
1796 (made)
Artist/Maker
Gardner, Daniel (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Tempera painting

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Object details

Categories
Paintings
Portraits
Object type
Tempera painting
TitleJohn Constable, RA, at the age of twenty (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tempera on canvas
Tempera
Canvas
Painting
Brief description
Tempera, 'John Constable, RA, at the Age of Twenty', Daniel Gardner, 1796
Physical description
Tempera painting
Dimensions
  • Width: 574mm (Note: 696L 574W 65D mm)
  • Estimate width: 45.7cm
  • Frame height: 70cm (Note: Taken from frame)
  • Frame width: 57.4cm (Note: Taken from frame)
  • Length: 696mm
  • Length: 696
Style
British School
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Object history
Given by Isabel Constable, 1888
Subject depicted
Constable, John
Bibliographic references
  • Hebron, Stephen, Shields, Conal and Wilcox, Timothy, The solitude of mountains: Constable and the Lake District, Grasmere, Wordsworth Trust, 2006
  • Kapp, Helen, Daniel Gardner, 1750-1805, Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, GLC, 1972
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
589-1888

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Record createdJuly 26, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126465/john-constable-ra-at-the-tempera-painting-gardner-daniel/
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