View of Lower Terrace, Hampstead

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View of Lower Terrace, Hampstead
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ArtistJohn Constable
Year1822
TypeOil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions24.8 cm × 35.2 cm (9.8 in × 13.9 in)
LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

View of Lower Terrace, Hampstead is an 1822 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable.[1] It shows the view from Constable's residence at 2 Lower Terrace in Hampstead, then located in the countryside outside London.[2] The Constable family had moved to Hampstead in 1819 and it featured prominently in his work form this point.

The work was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1822 at Somerset House. Today it is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, having been donated by the artist's daughter Isabel in 1888.[3][4]

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References

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  1. ^ Roe p.99
  2. ^ Parkinson p.107
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Bibliography

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  • Hamilton, James. Constable: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2022.
  • Morris, Edward. Constable's Clouds: Paintings and Cloud Studies by John Constable. National Galleries of Scotland, 2000.
  • Parkinson, Ronald. John Constable: The Man and His Art. Harry N. Abrams, 1998.
  • Roe, Sonia. Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008.