Old Sarum
1829
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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John Constable
John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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Old Sarum is a 1829 oil by John Constable, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
John Constable painted *Old Sarum* in 1829. It’s an oil sketch showing a quiet, windswept view near Salisbury. The scene mixes old ruins with open fields. Constable loved this spot. He called it “the Shepherd’s humble pride” after kings’ grand past faded. He later turned the view into a print and a watercolour. Next, look up the artist: Constable, John (RA).
A sketch by John Constable from 1829 portrays the ruined medieval settlement of Old Sarum, highlighting its rugged landscape and historical significance. The artist noted the contrast between the site’s former grandeur and its pastoral present, later producing a print and a larger watercolour of the same view. The work was created during Constable’s active period in 1829, the year he was elected to the Royal Academy.
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John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.
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