Hampstead Heath, Looking Toward Harrow
John Constable · c. 1821 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Constable was interested in the changing light effects of weather and often worked outdoors, making swift oil sketches on paper. He focused on painting the countryside of his native England, which he never left. He wrote to a fellow artist that he would “rather be a poor man [in England] than a rich man abroad.”
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- Maker
- John Constable (British, 1776–1837)
- Date
- c. 1821
- Medium
- oil on paper, mounted on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 39 x 44.5 x 5 cm (15 3/8 x 17 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 25.9 x 31.3 cm (10 3/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- England
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · On view · 203B British Painting and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
