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Water meadows near Salisbury

Drawing
about 1829 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (maker)
Place of origin
Salisbury (made)
Salford (made)
Great Britain (made)
Great Britain (made)

Drawing of water meadows near Salisbury, pen and brown ink, by John Constable

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Landscapes
Object type
Drawing
TitleWater meadows near Salisbury (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and brown ink and grey chalk on paper
Ink
Paper
Chalk
Pencil
Drawing
Squaring for Transfer
Chalk Applied on Back for Transfer
Brief description
Drawing, Water meadows near Salisbury, by John Constable, pencil, pen and brown ink and grey chalk on paper, ca.1829
Physical description
Drawing of water meadows near Salisbury, pen and brown ink, by John Constable
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.9cm
  • Width: 30.3cm
Styles
British
19th
Marks and inscriptions
[F]incher & Sons 1823 (Makers's mark; watermark)
Gallery label
Outline sketch for `Watermeadows Near Salisbury', about 1829.
Pencil, on paper watermarked 1823
E.372-1992
Purchased with the aid of the Edwin Havill Bequest 1992
A rare example of a sketch by Constable that is squared up, and the back prepared with grey chalk, so that the outline could be transferred to the canvas for the painting. The finished picture is on dispay in the first room.
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the Artist, 1888
Object history
This drawing was part of lot 116 of a sale held at Christie's 7 April 1992. The purchase price included both E.372-1992 and E.373-1992.
Historical context
This drawing is an outline sketch for an oil painting, entitled `Water meadows near Salisbury'. It is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, museum number FA 38. This painting was put before the Hanging Committee of the Royal Academy in 1830 without the members knowing whom the artist was. Constable was part of that committee and to his horror it was rejected by the others, one of them describing it as `a nasty green thing.' He withdrew it.
Place depicted
Salisbury
Bibliographic references
  • Owens, Susan, The Art of Drawing British Masters and Methods since 1600, V&A Publishing, London, 2013, p. 86-87, fig. 64
  • G. Reynolds: `The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable': additions in G. Reynolds, The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, Yale, 1996, p.250, no. 29.14A, plate 1427.
  • Evans, M., with N. Costaras and C. Richardson, John Constable. Oil Sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A, 2011, p. 31, fig. 28.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.372-1992

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Record createdApril 17, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O35438/water-meadows-near-salisbury-drawing-constable-john-ra/
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