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]
| The Quarters behind Alresford Hall | |
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| Artist | John Constable |
| Year | 1816 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape |
| Dimensions | 33.5 cm × 51.5 cm (13.2 in × 20.3 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, having been acquired in 1958.[5]
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edit- 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.
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