Study of a Cart with Two Horses
Oil Painting
24/10/1814 (painted)
24/10/1814 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Constable painted this study from life beside the dunghill at East Bergholt. It was a preparation for a large composition entitled The Stour Valley and Dedham Village, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1815.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Study of a Cart with Two Horses (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on paper with a brown ground |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'Study of a Cart with Two Horses', John Constable, 1814 |
| Physical description | Oil study of a cart with two horses on paper with a brown ground |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | '24 Octr. 1814' (Inscribed in oil by the artist, lower left) |
| Credit line | Given by Isabel Constable |
| Object history | Given by Isabel Constable, 1888 |
| Historical context | In 1814 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy 'Landscape: Ploughing scene in Suffolk' (see note on No. 122); also 'Landscape: the ferry', probably the painting 'Mill Stream' now in the Ipswich Museum. He visited the Revd. Mr. Driffield at Feering in June (see Nos. 124-128) and spent much of the rest of the year in Suffolk. [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 90] |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Constable painted this study from life beside the dunghill at East Bergholt. It was a preparation for a large composition entitled The Stour Valley and Dedham Village, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1815. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 90, 105 |
| Other number | 133, plate 116 - Reynolds catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 333-1888 |
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| Record created | July 23, 2003 |
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