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Golding Constable's House, East Bergholt John Constable (1776-1837) about 1811 Great Britain Oil on millboard laid on panel 18.1 x 50.5 cm Museum no. 583-1888 Given by Isabel Constable 1888 This panoramic view depicts Constable's birthplace, with East Bergholt church to the left. The family left this house in 1819, and it was later demolished. Constable recalled with delight the scenes where his 'ideas of Landscape were formed' and 'the retrospect of those happy days and years'

Golding Constable's House, East Bergholt, John Constable

Golding Constable's House, East Bergholt
John Constable (1776-1837)
about 1811
Great Britain
Oil on millboard laid on panel
18.1 x 50.5 cm
Museum no. 583-1888
Given by Isabel Constable 1888


This panoramic view depicts Constable's birthplace, with East Bergholt church to the left. The family left this house in 1819, and it was later demolished. Constable recalled with delight the scenes where his 'ideas of Landscape were formed' and 'the retrospect of those happy days and years'.