Lamarsh Hall, Lamarsh, Essex
John Constable, RA (East Bergholt 1776 - London 1837)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
518 x 740 mm (20 ⅜ x 29 ⅛ in)
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515716
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lamarsh Hall, Lamarsh, Essex, by John Constable, RA (East Bergholt 1776 – London 1837), c. 1799. The house of Constable's friend the Reverend Brooke Hurlock of Lamarsh, Essex at left, with a river in foreground and an angler in a boat by a footbridge, against an evening sky. On the reverse: the remains of faint sketch by Constable of a church (left) and an extensive plan (right) and the labels 'Exhibited at Tate Gallery, no date', 'Exhibited at Gainsborough House 1991'.
Provenance
Said to have been painted for the Reverend Brooke Hurlock (1729 - 1803); given to his daughter, Lucy on her marriage to Thomas Blackburne in 1800; by descent to Margaret Avelina Blackburne, from whom acquired by Vicars Brothers Ltd, 1934 and thence by descent; bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
John Constable, RA (East Bergholt 1776 - London 1837), artist
References
John Constable Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings exh. cat.(ed. Leslie Parris et al) Tate Gallery, 1976, no. 20
