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Dedham Vale, from East Bergholt: sunset.

Watercolour
ca. 1800-05 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing

Object details

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Object type
TitleDedham Vale, from East Bergholt: sunset. (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour
Brief description
Watercolour, Dedham Vale, from East Bergholt: sunset, by John Constable, c.1800-5
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 101mm
  • Width: 202mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'E. Bergholt' (Inscribed on the back in pencil by the artist)
  • 'J.C.' (Monogram inscribed on the back by the artist.)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Historical context
In 1805 Constable exhibited 'A Landscape: Moonlight' at the Royal Academy. According to an unpublished entry in the Diary, he called on Farington on 1 June to say that he had been engaged to paint an altarpiece for a country church. This picture was probably the altarpiece for Brantham Curch which Leslie assigns to the previous year (Beckett, I, pp. 18-9)

G Reynolds, 1973, p. 52.
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 52-54.
Other number
60 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
592-1888

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Record createdJune 15, 2009
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