"Wivenhoe Park, Essex" (detail), 1816, John Constable.

Isabel Constable was the daughter of the famous artist John Constable. In 1888 she left to the Museum the contents of her father’s studio, establishing the V&A as the leading centre for the study of Constable’s work.

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Though left unfinished until March 1833, Constable based the donkey in this painting on a life study done in December 1815. The corn in the field remains green on the side shaded from the sun, but is ripe elsewhere, suggesting it is set in the month of July. [Victoria & Albert Museum, London - Oil on canvas, 62 x 51.5 cm]

John Constable (English, 1776–1837)

Study of clouds over a landscape

“Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds (1823) John Constable”

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For most of his life, John Constable lived as an outsider, cut off from patronage and the approval of his colleagues, not selling a single picture to a stranger until he was 38 years old, and waiting...