Road to the Spaniards, Hampstead

Road to the Spaniards, Hampstead
Road to the Spaniards, Hampstead
Artist	John Constable
Year	1822
Type	Oil on paper mounted on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions	30.8 cm × 51.1 cm (12.1 in × 20.1 in)
Location	Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ArtistJohn Constable

Year1822

TypeOil on paper mounted on canvas, landscape painting

Dimensions30.8 cm × 51.1 cm (12.1 in × 20.1 in)

Road to the Spaniards, Hampstead is an 1822 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable.^[1]^[2] It shows a view across Hampstead Heath along Spaniards Road, a route to Highgate. The building on the left is the Spaniards Inn from which the road takes its name.^[3] It was painted in July 1822 during overcast day.^[4] Constable emphasizes the skyline with looming storm clouds. Today it is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania.^[5]

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v t e John Constable
Paintings	List of paintings Old Hall, East Bergholt (1801) The Bridges Family (1804) Bow Fell, Cumberland (1807) The Church Porch, East Bergholt (1810) Flatford Mill from the Lock (1812) Boys Fishing (1813) The Celebration in East Bergholt of the Peace of 1814 (1814) The Mill Stream (1814) Brightwell Church and Village (1815) Boat-Building Near Flatford Mill (1815) Stour Valley and Dedham Church (1815) Golding Constable's Flower Garden (1815) Golding Constable's Vegetable Garden (1815) Weymouth Bay (1816) The Quarters behind Alresford Hall (1816) The Wheat Field (1816) Wivenhoe Park (1816) Flatford Mill (1817) Weymouth Bay: Bowleaze Cove and Jordon Hill (1817) Willy Lott's House from the Stour (1818) The White Horse (1819) Dedham Lock and Mill (1820) Harwich Lighthouse (1820) Hampstead Heath (1820) Stratford Mill (1820) Waterloo Bridge (1820) Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close (1820) Harnham Gate (1821) Trees at Hampstead (1821) The Hay Wain (1821) Malvern Hall (1821) The Grove, Hampstead (1822) Hampstead Heath, with a Bonfire (1822) Road to the Spaniards (1822) View on the Stour near Dedham (1822) Yarmouth Jetty (1822) Gillingham Bridge (1823) Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds (1823) The Lock (1824) Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead Heath (1825) The Leaping Horse (1825) A Boat Passing a Lock (1826) The Cornfield (1826) Parham Mill (1826) Chain Pier, Brighton (1827) The Vale of Dedham (1828) Hadleigh Castle (1829) The Glebe Farm (1830) Helmingham Dell (1830) Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows (1831) The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (1832) Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead (1832) The Valley Farm (1835) Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1836) Hampstead Heath with a Rainbow (1836) Arundel Mill and Castle (1837)
Related	Charles Golding Constable (son) Constable Country Portrait of John Constable

Road to the Spaniards, Hampstead

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