A Hayfield near East Bergholt at Sunset
Oil Painting
04/07/1812 (painted)
04/07/1812 (painted)
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This view is towards the west. In July 1812 Constable explained his choice of an evening subject: 'I do not study much abroad in the middle of these very hot bright days...last year I almost put my eyes out by that pastime'.
Object details
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| Title | A Hayfield near East Bergholt at Sunset (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on paper; laid down on canvas at a later date |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'A Hayfield near East Bergholt at Sunset', John Constable, 1812 |
| Physical description | This is catalogue no.115 in Reynolds "Catalogue of the Constable Collection" (1960), plate 70. It is inscribed in lower right corner in oil by the artist "July 4 1812". The scene is near East Bergholt : the sun is setting amid red clouds in undulating country, illuminating stooks of hay in a field in the foreground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'July 4 1812' (Inscribed in oil by the artist, lower right) |
| Credit line | Given by Isabel Constable |
| Object history | Given by Isabel Constable, 1888 |
| Historical context | In 1812 Constable's exhibits at the Royal Academy were 'Salisbury: Morning', 'A Watermill' (Flatford Mill) (see No. 103 [135-1888]) and two small landscapes. Apart from a possible brief visit to Salisbury (see No. 118 [263-1888]) he spent most of the supper in Suffolk. [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 77] |
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| Summary | This view is towards the west. In July 1812 Constable explained his choice of an evening subject: 'I do not study much abroad in the middle of these very hot bright days...last year I almost put my eyes out by that pastime'. |
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| Accession number | 121-1888 |
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| Record created | July 23, 2003 |
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