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The Quarters behind Alresford Hall

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The Quarters behind Alresford Hall
ArtistJohn Constable
Year1816
TypeOil on canvas, landscape
Dimensions33.5 cm × 51.5 cm (13.2 in × 20.3 in)
LocationNational Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

The Quarters behind Alresford Hall is an 1816 landscape painting by the English artist John Constable.[1][2] It depicts a fishing lodge at Alresford Hall near the Essex village of Alresford. The Hall was owned by the Regency era General Francis Slater Rebow. Constable was also commissioned to produce a work of another of his properties Wivenhoe Park the same year.[3] The lodge at Alresford, known as The Quarters, was designed for banqueting and was located at the side of the lake in the grounds.[4]

Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, having been acquired in 1958.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ Cowell p.XI
  2. ^ Gray & Gage p.136
  3. ^ Reynolds p.86
  4. ^ Bettley & Pevsner p.88
  5. ^ https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/3867/

Bibliography

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  • Bettley, James & Pevsner, Nikolaus. Essex. Yale University Press, 2007.
  • Clarkson, Jonathan & Cox, Neil. Constable & Wivenhoe Park: Reality & Vision. University of Essex, 2000
  • Cowell, Fiona. Richard Woods (1715-1793): Master of the Pleasure Garden. Boydell & Brewer, 2009.
  • Gray, Anne & Gage, John. Constable: Impressions of Land, Sea and Sky. National Gallery of Australia, 2006.
  • Reynolds, Graham. Constable's England. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.