View in a Garden, with a Shed on the Left
Oil Painting
ca. 1821 (painted)
ca. 1821 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
This informal view of a back yard may depict the shed at 2 Lower Terrace, Hampstead. Constable described it in August 1821: 'I have cleared a small shed in the garden, which held sand, coal, mops & brooms & that is literally a coal hole, and have made it a workshop, & a place of refuge'.
Object details
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| Title | View in a Garden, with a Shed on the Left (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on paper laid on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'View in a Garden, with a Shed on the Left', John Constable, ca. 1821 |
| Physical description | Landscape with a shed on the left and birds flying over the scene. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'On paper J. Constable R.A. Peel Feb 18 48. 5.' (Inscribed in ink on stretcher) |
| Credit line | Given by Isabel Constable |
| Object history | Given by Isabel Constable, 1888 |
| Historical context | The chief of Constable's four exhibits in 1821 was 'Landscape: Noon' ('The Hay Wain') (National Gallery No. 1207; for the full-scale sketch see No. 209 [987-1900] in this Catalogue). His third child, Charles Golding Constable, was born on 29 March. He accompanied Archdeacon John Fisher on his visitation of Berkshire in June, took No. 2 Lower Terrace, Hampstead, for his family during the summer and autumn and paid a visit to Fisher at Salisbury in November. [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 135] |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This informal view of a back yard may depict the shed at 2 Lower Terrace, Hampstead. Constable described it in August 1821: 'I have cleared a small shed in the garden, which held sand, coal, mops & brooms & that is literally a coal hole, and have made it a workshop, & a place of refuge'. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 135, 144, 146, 147 |
| Other number | 231, plate 175 - Reynolds catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 133-1888 |
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| Record created | July 24, 2003 |
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