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Windsor Castle from the river

Watercolour (Painting)
May 1802 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A view of Windsor Castle in pencil, red chalk and watercolour wash. Looking over the river to the castle.

Object details

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Object type
TitleWindsor Castle from the river (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and red chalk and watercolour
Brief description
Watercolour, 'Windsor Castle from the river' by John Constable, pencil, red chalk and watercolour, 1802
Physical description
A view of Windsor Castle in pencil, red chalk and watercolour wash. Looking over the river to the castle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 259mm
  • Width: 370mm
Historical context
'Constable exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy in 1802, his entry being called 'A Landscape'; this painting has not yet been identified. He visited Windsor in May (see Nos. 33-35), and was at East Bergholt in the summer and autumn.'

[G Reynolds]
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
G. Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum: Catalogue of the Constable Collection, 1973, pp. 44-45
Other number
34 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
803-1888

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Record createdJune 5, 2009
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