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Willy Lott's House from the Stour is a c.1818 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable. It depicts a view on the River Stour in Suffolk, close to the border with Essex, an area where the artist grew up and is now frequently known as Constable Country. [1] It is also known by the alternative title The Valley Farm. [2]
Dedham Lock and Mill is an c.1820 landscape painting by the English artist John Constable. [1] It shows a view of the River Stour at Dedham in Essex close to the border of his native Suffolk, an area now known as "Constable Country". Constable's father owned the mill as well as nearby Flatford Mill, which he painted on numerous occasions. [2]
John Constable's Dedham Vale of 1828. It is part of the area known as Constable Country, as it was made famous by the paintings of the English Romantic painter John Constable. Among many other works of the area are his Dedham Vale paintings of 1802 and 1828, held in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Scottish National Gallery in ...
Boat-Building Near Flatford Mill is an 1815 landscape painting by the English artist John Constable. [1] It depicts a scene on the River Stour near to Flatford Mill on the Essex - Suffolk border. Constable's father owned Flatford Mill and the area around it is now known as Constable Country .
Seen clearly behind it is the tower of St Mary's Church. Constable seems to have been inspired to paint the work by the death of his patron the Bishop of Salisbury in 1825. The Bishop had been rector of Langham in the 1790s when Constable first met him. [2] Constable exhibited an early version of the painting at the British Institution in 1827. [3]
Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds is an 1836 landscape painting by the English artist John Constable. [1] One of his later works, it depicts a scene in the grounds of the country estate Coleorton Hall in Leicestershire .
It was restored in the 1920s after a revival of interest in Constable's paintings. It has been renamed Willy Lott's House as that is the name Constable used in his paintings. It is owned by the National Trust. [2] The cottage was purchased in 1926 by Thomas Parkington; after his death in 1943, the National Trust purchased it from his estate. [3]
The Church Porch, East Bergholt is an 1810 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable. [1] [2] It depicts a view of St Mary's Church in the village of East Bergholt in Suffolk. Located close to the border with Essex and in the area now known as Constable Country. Constable was born in East Bergholt where his father owned Flatford Mill.