The Vale of Newlands, by Constable

An image of Recto: The Vale of Newlands: very stormy afternoon. Verso: Slight sketch of a view in the Lakes and another sketch in a circular format. Constable, John (British, 1776-1837). Recto: grey wash and graphite on paper (recto), height 155 mm, width 239 mm, 1806.

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Recto: The Vale of Newlands: very stormy afternoon. Verso: Slight sketch of a view in the Lakes and another sketch in a circular format. Constable, John (British, 1776-1837). Recto: grey wash and graphite on paper (recto), height 155 mm, width 239 mm, 1806.

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Accession Number: 3310
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 665 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 142.42kB
Captured: 2010:01:04 14:05:10

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19th Century Britain British British School brooding clouds cloudy Constable Cumbria dramatic England English exterior Fitz_PDP John Constable Lake District landscape meteorological mountainous mountains nature remote Romanticism rugged sketch storms stormy sublime valley watercolour weather

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