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Willy Lott's house

One of the first views of Willy Lott’s House, from Constable’s studies in the summer and autumn of 1802

  • 89
  • 1802
  • 33.7cm x 42.6cm
  • Sterling & Francine Clark Museum
  • Oil on Canvas
  • Oil on Canvas, 1802, 33.7cm x 42.6cm, Sterling & Francine Clark Museum
  • Flatford
  • Less Known
  • 51.95839,1.02100

Details

Painted in the same style and year as ‘Dedham Vale’, Willy Lott’s House can be seen here from the south bank of the Stour, with a thickly wooded island which separated the mill stream from the river and giving the impression of a central feature.   Through the trees you can see what was probably a storage barn no longer present.

Willy Lott’s House, originally called Gibeon’s Gate Farm, was lived in by Willy Lott (1761-1849) for 88 years, he spent only a single night away from this home.

Provenance Sir William Drake, sold Christie’s 27th June 1891, George Salting, his daughter Lady Binning, 1910, by descent to Lord Binning.

Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute USA

  • 89
  • 1802
  • 33.7cm x 42.6cm
  • Sterling & Francine Clark Museum
  • Oil on Canvas
  • Oil on Canvas, 1802, 33.7cm x 42.6cm, Sterling & Francine Clark Museum
  • Flatford
  • Less Known
  • 51.95839,1.02100
 

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