Young pollards
Constable, or his friend Frost, here sketched a curved path leading through trees whose branches have been trimmed or "pollarded," with thin shoots later growing from the pruned areas. Frost often worked in a style that deliberately imitated that of his friend, which makes it difficult to determine which one of them was responsible for sheets like this one.
Artwork Details
- Title: Young pollards
- Artist: Possibly by John Constable (British, East Bergholt 1776–1837 Hampstead)
- Artist: Possibly by George Frost (British, Barrow 1745–1821 Ipswich)
- Date: ca. 1801
- Medium: Black chalk
- Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 3/8 in. (17.5 × 23.8 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Museum Accession
- Object Number: X.251
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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