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A cottage in a cornfield
CONSTABLE, John (1776-1837)
Constable studied at the Royal Academy Schools and developed a remarkably spontaneous technique. Together with J.M.W.Turner, he was a key figure in British landscape painting. This small but intense picture of a cottage near the artist's birthplace of East Bergholt in Suffolk derives from a sketch of 1815. Exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution in 1817-1818, Constable sold it to W.Venables, later Lord Mayor of London, for 20 guineas in 1818.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 486
Creation/Production
CONSTABLE, John
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. of NACF, 21/9/1978
Measurements
Height
(cm): 31.5
Width
(cm): 26.3
Height
(in): 12
Width
(in): 10
h(cm) frame:56.0
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:50.5
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:10.5
d(cm)
Techniques
Oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
Art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
Oil
Canvas
Location
On Display
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