Vale of Health, Hampstead
Painting by John Constable
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Vale of Health, Hampstead is a c.1827 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable.[1] It depicts a view of the Vale of Health on Hampstead Heath, today in London but at the time on the outskirts of the city. It is looking north-eastwards across Vale of Health pond towards Highgate [2] It is sometimes dated to the early 1820s.[3] Constable settled in Hampstead and produced many views of the area.
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| Artist | John Constable |
| Year | c.1827 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 53.3 cm × 77.6 cm (21.0 in × 30.6 in) |
| Location | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
The painting is likely to have been the work that Constable displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1827 at Somerset House under the title Hampstead Heath.[4] Acquired by the art collector John Sheepshanks it was donated by him in 1857 as part of his large-scale gift to the new Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington.[5]
