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A man-of-war

Watercolour
April 1803 (made)
Artist/Maker

A watercolour of a ship. On the back is a pencil sketch of man-of-war ships in the Medway.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA man-of-war (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Watercolour, A man-of-war by John Constable, 1803
Physical description
A watercolour of a ship. On the back is a pencil sketch of man-of-war ships in the Medway.
Dimensions
  • Height: 207mm
  • Width: 257mm
Marks and inscriptions
M below a horn in a cartouche (On laid paper watermarked)
Historical context
In 1803 Constable exhibited four works at the Royal Academy. In April he made the trip from London to Deal in the East Indiaman Coutts. He took leave of Farington before going into Essex on 20 June (Greig, Vol. II, p. 111).

[G Reynolds]
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 48-51.
Other number
47 & 47a - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
829-1888

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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