| Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead Heath | |
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| Artist | John Constable |
| Year | 1824-25 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, Landscape painting |
| Location | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia |
Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead Heath is a landscape painting by the British artist John Constable.[1] Painted between 1824 and 1825 it depicts the view from Branch HillinHampstead. Constable had lived in Hampstead, then beyond the outskirts of London, since 1819 and painted many views of the area. It was sold in 1825 to the collector Francis Darby. The painting shows some carts in the foreground as well as Branch Hill Pond. In the background are the fields around Harrow and the villages of Kilburn and Hendon. In the extreme distance is Windsor Castle.[2]
It is now part of the collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsinRichmond.[3] Constable made a number of variations on the composition, including one now in the Victoria and Albert MuseuminLondon that was exhibited at the 1828 Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition.[4]
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