John Constable
, English, 1776-1837
Title
Harnham Ridge from Archdeacon Fisher's House, SalisburyDate1829
MediumOil on paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions
29 x 38 cm
Credit LinePurchased, 1893
Object numberNGI.376
Exhibition HistoryCentenary Exhibition, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, October - December 1964
Constable and Salisbury: a bicentenary exhibition, Silisbury & South Wiltshire Museum, 20 May - 25 September 2011
Shades of Grey: Painting without Colour, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 22 June - 29 September 2013
Label TextAfter the death of Constable’s wife in 1828, the artist and his children spent three weeks the following summer with his friend Archdeacon Fisher, who lived close to Salisbury Cathedral. This oil sketch was made looking from the artist's bedroom window across the water meadows towards the village of West Harnham. Constable recorded, in minute detail, the tower of the church and mill, set against the gentle slope of Harnham Ridge. Swathes of grey clouds take up most of the composition.