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Salisbury Cathedral: exterior from the south-east

Drawing
September 30 1811 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing of Salisbury Cathedral from the south-east.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSalisbury Cathedral: exterior from the south-east (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil on laid paper
Brief description
Drawing, 'Salisbury Cathedral: exterior from the south-east', by John Constable, pencil on laid paper, 1811
Physical description
Drawing of Salisbury Cathedral from the south-east.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
  • Width: 8.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • .1811 (Inscribed vertically below on left by the artist (the inscription may have been truncated).)
  • Sep 30 1811 (Inscribed on the back in the artist's hand. (This date has been copied on to the card on which the drawing was mounted.)
Historical context
'In the year 1811 Constable's exhibits at the Royal Academy comprised 'Twilight', and 'Dedham Vale: morning' (now in the collection of Sir Richard Proby). He visited Suffolk in the spring and paid his first visit to Salisbury in the autumn: this was probably the occasion of his first meeting with John Fisher, who was to become his closest friend. His attachment to Maria Bicknell became known during this year, and he received her father's permission to write to her in October.'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 69]
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 69, 73, 74
  • Timothy Wilcox, Constable and Salisbury. The Soul of Landscape London: Scala Publishers Ltd, 2011. ISBN: 978 1 85759 678 6.
Other number
206, plate 74 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
825-1888

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Record createdJune 29, 2009
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