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In June he was at East Bergholt, as is attested by Nos. 66 and 67 [224-1888 and 346-1888]. In the autumn he paid a visit of some two months to the Lake District and made many drawings, among them Nos. 72-94 [794-1888, 348-1888, 192-1888, 812-1888, 170-1888, 185-1888, 188-1888, 184-1888, 187-1888, 178-1888, 179-1888, 177-1888, 193-1888, 183-1888, 1256-1888, 596-1888, 181-1888, 182-1888, 1257-1888, 811-1888, 349-1888].\r\n\r\nG Reynolds, 1973, p. 56","briefDescription":"Watercolour, 'Saddleback and part of Skiddaw' by Constable.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Hebron, Stephen, Shields, Conal and Wilcox, Timothy, <i>The solitude of mountains: Constable and the Lake District</i>, Grasmere, Wordsworth Trust, 2006","id":"AUTH356929"},"details":"","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<i>Catalogue of the Constable Collection</i>, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 56-58."},{"reference":{"text":"Concannon, Amy (editor) Tate Gallery (host institution) <u>Turner and Constable : Rivals and Originals</u> London : Tate Publishing, 2025","id":"AUTH413599"},"details":"p. 81","free":"In this drawing and <i>Leatheswater</i> (Thirlmere) [194-1888] Constable employs a panoramic format to frame his view. He had used this format when depicting his native Suffolk landscape. Here, however, it focuses our eye on the dramatic undulating form of the mountains, and gives an immediate sense of their expansiveness – as if the frame must be stretched to accommodate this dramatic scenery. It is inscribed ‘Stormy Day – noon’. Even at this early stage in his career observation and the recording of weather was as vital to his process as was the recording of topography."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Lake District","id":"x35878"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"mountains","id":"AAT8795"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["794-1888"],"accessionNumberNum":"794","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1888,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Reynolds catalogue no.","id":"THES50402"},"number":"72, plate 40."}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-08-06","recordCreationDate":"2006-07-26","availableToBook":false}}