Hampstead Heath, Branch Hill Pond
John Constable, English, 1776 - 1837
about 1822
Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Overall: 9 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (24.8 × 31.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Adolph Weil Jr., Class of 1935
P.988.57
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
SART 31, SART 72, Painting II, Painting III, Jennifer Caine, Fall 2013
SART 25, Painting I, Enrico Riley, Fall 2014
SART 31, Painting II, Enrico Riley, Winter 2015
SART 25, Painting I, Enrico Riley, Spring 2015
ARTH 50, Romanticism, Kristin O'Rourke, Spring 2015
ARTH 50, Romanticism, Kristin O'Rourke, Spring 2015
SART 31, 72, Painting II, III, Jennifer Caine, Winter 2019
ARTH 41.03, European Art 1750-1850, Allan Doyle, Winter 2019
SART 31/SART 72, Painting II/III, Jennifer Caine, Winter 2020
SART 25.01, Painting I, Danielle Genadry, Summer 2022
Studio Art 25.01, Painting I, Jen Caine, Spring 2023
Studio Art 25.01, Painting I, Daniele Genadry, Summer 2023
Studio Art 25.01, Painting I, Jen Caine, Fall 2023
Studio Art 25.01, Painting I, Jen Caine, Spring 2024
Exhibition History
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 14, 1988-June 22, 1997.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 16, 1997-August 8, 1999.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 26, 2003-February 4, 2004.
Making Connections at the Hood Museum of Art, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 2, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 20-April 14, 2009.
Publication History
Graham Reynolds, Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984, no. 22.70, plate 392.
T. Barton Thurber, European Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2008, pp. 84-85, ill. p.84, no. 37.
John R. Stomberg, The Hood Now: Art and Inquiry at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2019, p. 35, ill. fig. 6.2.
Provenance
By descent to the son of the artist, Charles Golding Constable, London; private collection (sold Christie's, London, July 9, 1915, lot 54); G. A. Scott; Sharon L. Yancey, Santa Barbara (sold Sotheby's, London, July 6, 1983, lot 271); sold to Adolph Weil, Jr. (1915-1995), Mongomery, Alabama; given to present collection, 1988.
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