| The Quarters behind Alresford Hall | |
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| Artist | John Constable |
| Year | 1816 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape |
| Dimensions | 33.5 cm× 51.5 cm(13.2 in× 20.3 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
The Quarters behind Alresford Hall is an 1816 landscape painting by the English artist John Constable. [1] [2] It depicts a fishing lodge at Alresford Hall near the Essex village of Alresford. The Hall was owned by the Regency era General Francis Slater Rebow. Constable was also commissioned to produce a work of another of his properties Wivenhoe Park the same year. [3] The lodge at Alresford, known as The Quarters, was designed for banqueting and was located at the side of the lake in the grounds. [4]
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Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, having been acquired in 1958. [5]
