View at Epsom

John Constable

Published by The Tate Gallery 1809

About this Item

Print From original Oil on Board, 29.8 x 35.9 cm. Bequeathed by Henry Vaughan, 1900 Art; Prints; Lithograph; In 1802 Constable wrote In a letter to his friend John Dunthorne 'I shall shortly return to Bergholt where I shall make some laborious studies from nature - and I shall en- to get a pure and unaffected representation of the scenes that may employ me . . . This oil sketch of a view at Epsom is a good example of the results of this resolve; Constable captures with great immediacy not the physical detail of the scene but the feel of a particular moment - the pattern of light and shade, the structure and lighting of the sky, the forms of the trees against the horizon. 8 X 10 inches, Matted, Fine. -. Seller Inventory # AA-SC-14038

Bibliographic Details

Title: View at Epsom

Publisher: The Tate Gallery 1809