Farmhouse near water's edge
Believed to be ‘Swan Nest House’, a farmhouse behind what is now known as Willy Lott’s House, part of the Valley Farm estate: a house near the water’s edge: the house enclosed by trees, a boat near the bank of the river near the foreground, reeds and wooded banks further on.
- 111
- 1832
- 14.5cm x 19.6cm
- British Museum
- Watercolour
- Watercolour, 1832, 14.5cm x 19.6cm, British Museum
- Flatford
- Less Known
- 51.95819,1.02191
Details
Watercolour, with pen and grey ink, and scratching out.
Little is known of ‘Swan Nest House’, but there are remains of a moat which circle this space creating an island known as Swan Nest.
Donated by Isabel Constable 1888, the artists daughter.
- 111
- 1832
- 14.5cm x 19.6cm
- British Museum
- Watercolour
- Watercolour, 1832, 14.5cm x 19.6cm, British Museum
- Flatford
- Less Known
- 51.95819,1.02191