Willy Lott's House from the Stour
| Willy Lott's House from the Stour | |
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| Artist | John Constable |
| Year | 1816–18 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape |
| Dimensions | 61 cm × 50.8 cm (24 in × 20.0 in) |
| Location | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
Willy Lott's House from the Stour is a c.1818 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable. It depicts a view on the River Stour in Suffolk, close to the border with Essex, an area where the artist grew up and is now frequently known as Constable Country.[1] It is also known by the alternative title The Valley Farm.[2]
Willy Lott was a tenant farmer who lived at Willy Lott's Cottage and the property appears in a number of Constable paintings, notably The Hay Wain (1821).[3]
In 2014 the painting was allocated to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford following its acceptance in lieu.[4]
See also
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[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Bailey, Anthony. John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own. Random House, 2012.
- Maudlin, Daniel, The Idea of the Cottage in English Architecture, 1760 - 1860. Routledge, 2015.
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