drawing
- Museum number
- 1896,0821.15
- Description
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The Nursery; nurse sitting right rocking baby in her arms, two boys at table to left, three younger children on floor
Graphite
- Production date
- 1826
- Dimensions
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Height: 179 millimetres
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Width: 146 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- It has been plausibly suggested that this drawing represents Constable's family soon after the birth of his sixth and final child, Alfred, in November 1826. Reynolds states that the female figure is a nurse, but she must surely be Constable's wife, Maria, holding the latest arrival. The other children are, standing, from left to right, John Charles, then aged nearly nine, Maria Louisa, aged seven, Charles Golding, aged five, Isabel aged four, and on the floor in front, Emily, aged one.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1896
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1896,0821.15