A baby, perhaps Maria Louisa Constable
Drawing
1819 (made)
1819 (made)
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| Place of origin |
A sketch showing a sleeping baby
Object details
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| Title | A baby, perhaps Maria Louisa Constable (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil drawing on paper |
| Brief description | A pencil sketch of a baby by John Constable, British, 1819 |
| Physical description | A sketch showing a sleeping baby |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | [...]mpstead[...]. Octr 1819 (Inscribed on the back by the artist. The inscription has been truncated when the drawing was at some time laid down on thin card.) |
| Historical context | In 1819 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy 'A scene on the River Stour' ('The White Horse'), bought by John Fisher, and now in the Frick Collection, New York (see the sketch-book No. 132, pp. 66 and 70). His second child Maria Louisa (Minna) was born on 19 July. He took a house at Hampstead for the first time at the end of the summer. He was elected A.R.A. on 1 November. [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 121] |
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| Bibliographic references |
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| Other number | 172, plate 135 - Reynolds catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.235-1888 |
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| Record created | January 24, 2008 |
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