A quarry for mill-stones in Derbyshire
Drawing
August 1801 (made)
August 1801 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Drawing in pencil and sepia, roughly sketched, with a rocky outcrop on the left and millstones scattered below it. A figure with a pickaxe is working at the cliff edge. On the back is a pencil sketch of the quarry seen from above.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A quarry for mill-stones in Derbyshire (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and sepia wash |
| Brief description | Drawing, A quarry for mill-stones in Derbyshire, by John Constable, pencil and sepia wash, 1801 |
| Physical description | Drawing in pencil and sepia, roughly sketched, with a rocky outcrop on the left and millstones scattered below it. A figure with a pickaxe is working at the cliff edge. On the back is a pencil sketch of the quarry seen from above. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | I| J WH| (On paper with truncated watermark) |
| Historical context | 'In 1801 Constable painted for Mr. Jon Reade a view of 'Old Hall, East Bergholt' (see note following No. 32, and No, 42a). Nos. 21-32 are pages from the sketchbook he used on his visit to Derbyshire in the same year.' [G Reynolds] |
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| Bibliographic reference | G. Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum: Catalogue of the Constable Collection, 1973, pp. 41-44 |
| Other number | 32 & 32a - Reynolds catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 247G-1888 |
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| Record created | May 18, 2009 |
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