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The Quarters behind Alresford Hall
(1816)
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Ethel Brookman Kirkpatrick, 1958
- Gallery location
- 18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
In the late summer of 1816, John Constable was invited to paint this small landscape by his patron and friend Major General Francis Slater-Rebow. It depicts the ‘little fishing house’ (now known as the Quarters) at Alresford Hall, Essex. The Quarters had been built for Slater-Rebow’s father-in-law during the 1760s, in the fashionable chinoiserie style. During the mid eighteenth century, Chinese garden pavilions were frequently placed beside water, where they were used for informal parties, fishing or boating.
Artwork Details
Gift of Mrs Ethel Brookman Kirkpatrick, 1958
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Level 2, NGV International