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John Constable

Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead

1828
oil on canvas
60.6 × 78.1 cm (23.9 × 30.7 in)

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In 1820, Constable found a retreat in Hampstead where he completed 100 studies of cloud formations, referring to the process as "skying."

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