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Epsom Church

Pencil
1806 (Made)
Artist/Maker
John Constable (Artist)
Place of origin
Epsom (Made)

Pencil drawing of a church surrounded by trees.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Christianity
Topography
Object type
Pencil
TitleEpsom Church (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil
Pencil
Drawing
Brief description
Pencil drawing depicting Epsom Church by John Constable. Great Britain, 1806.
Physical description
Pencil drawing of a church surrounded by trees.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.3cm
  • Width: 17.9cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • Truncated watermark E. (Watermark on paper.)
  • Epsom book 1806. (Inscribed on the back in pencil by the artist.)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Henry Herbert Harrod
Object history
Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod, 1948
Historical context
'Constable's only exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1806 was No. 65 [169-1888]. In June he was at East Bergholt, as is attested by Nos. 66 and 67 [224-1888 and 346-1888]. In the autumn he paid a visit of some two months to the Lake District and made many drawings, among them Nos. 72-94 [794-1888, 348-1888, 192-1888, 812-1888, 170-1888, 185-1888, 188-1888, 184-1888, 187-1888, 178-1888, 179-1888, 177-1888, 193-1888, 183-1888, 1256-1888, 596-1888, 181-1888, 182-1888, 1257-1888, 811-1888, 349-1888, 186-1888, 194-1888].'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 56]
Subject depicted
Church
Places depicted
Epsom
Surrey
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 56, 65, 66
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957
Other number
95, plate 55 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.191-1948

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Record createdJune 29, 2009
Record URL
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