Nephosthe weather behind the paintings

Object records

18 object records.

The American record comes first. Constable’s follow: comparison findings, then source dossiers with no resolved weather comparison. Constable records can be compared with another artwork or a letter.

Dates describe the available record. “Dated inscription” does not independently establish when every part was painted. Unresolved dates remain ranges or alternatives.

18 object records
SelectStudyObject and questionDate evidence
American painters · 1
Comparison unavailable Open study View of Stonington [CT], May 14, 1892, at 5am

Florence Griswold Museum · 2017.1.3

The morning map records cold air, no rain in the previous 24 hours and high, rising pressure at Block Island, about 35 km from Stonington.

Oliver Hazard Perry · Weather context and computed daylight

14 May 1892 · 5 a.m., clock unresolved

Dated inscription, in the artist’s hand per the curator

Studies with comparison findings · 14
Cloud Study, Early Morning, Looking East from Hampstead, Yale Center for British Art

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Public domain.

Cloud Study, Early Morning, Looking East from Hampstead

Yale Center for British Art · B1981.25.117

Howard calls the 19th fine, with thunder in the evening.

1 finding · 4 claims unresolved

19 July 1821 · 1/2 p 5 AM

Dated inscription

Source record
Image at museum
Study of sky and trees

Victoria and Albert Museum · 151-1888

On the conditional 1821 date, Howard records SW and ‘Cloudy and fine at intervals.’

1 finding · 4 claims unresolved

c. 3 September 1821 · Noon

Disputed date

Source record
Image at museum
Study of sky and trees, with a red house, at Hampstead

Victoria and Albert Museum · 156-1888

Constable writes West; Howard records SW, an adjacent direction at his station.

1 finding · 7 claims unresolved

12 September 1821 · Noon

Dated inscription

Cloud Study, Yale Center for British Art

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Public domain.

Cloud Study

Yale Center for British Art · B1981.25.156

Both Constable and Howard give NW, and Howard reports a rainy night.

2 findings · 3 claims unresolved

13 September 1821 · one o’clock

Dated inscription

Source record
Image at museum
Study of Sky and Trees

Victoria and Albert Museum · 167-1888

Constable writes SW; Howard records W, an adjacent direction.

1 finding · 5 claims unresolved

24 September 1821 · 10 o'clock morning

Dated inscription

Cloud Study, Yale Center for British Art

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Public domain.

Cloud Study

Yale Center for British Art · B1981.25.147

Constable and Howard both give W.

1 finding · 5 claims unresolved

25 September 1821 · about from 2 to 3 afternoon

Dated inscription

Source record
Image at museum
Study of Sky and Trees at Hampstead

Victoria and Albert Museum · 168-1888

Howard calls the 2nd “Fine”; the supplementary Tottenham note calls it “Remarkably fine.”

1 finding · 4 claims unresolved

2 October 1821 · 8. to 9.

Dated inscription

Cloud Study, Yale Center for British Art

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Public domain.

Cloud Study

Yale Center for British Art · B1981.25.144

Howard records W, partly agreeing with Constable’s westerly wind.

1 finding · 4 claims unresolved

1 August 1822 · 11 o clock A.M.

Dated inscription

Source record
Image at museum
Cloud Study

Tate · N06065

For Tate’s attributed year, both inscription and Howard give SW.

1 finding · 4 claims unresolved

27 August 1822 · 11, o clock Noon

Dated inscription

Clouds, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

While the NGV believes this work to be in the Public Domain, it is the responsibility of the publisher to ensure that no further permissions are required for use.

Clouds

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne · 455-4

Constable writes W; Howard records SW, an adjacent sector.

1 finding · 6 claims unresolved

5 September 1822 · 10 o clock Morng.

Dated inscription

Cloud Study, Courtauld Gallery

John Constable. Image courtesy the Courtauld. CC BY-NC 4.0; non-commercial use.

Cloud Study

Courtauld Gallery · P.1952.RW.69

Constable’s two notes, about ninety minutes apart, agree on the date, southward view, easterly wind and warmth.

2 findings · 4 claims unresolved

21 September 1822 · 3 o’cl. afternoon

Dated inscription

Cloud Study, Yale Center for British Art

John Constable. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Public domain / CC0.

Cloud Study

Yale Center for British Art · B1981.25.116

The regional wind sources are compatible with an easterly flow, but neither measured Constable’s assumed site.

1 finding · 4 claims unresolved

21 September 1822 · ½ p’s[t] one o clock

Dated inscription

Source record
Image at museum
Study of Clouds

Ashmolean Museum · WA1933.7

The museum identifies this as the study inscribed with an impossible date: 31 September.

3 findings · 2 claims unresolved

1 October 1822 · 10-11 o'clock morning

Disputed date

Source record
Image at museum
Study of clouds above a wide landscape

Victoria and Albert Museum · 240-1888

For the museum’s preferred 1830 reading, Constable writes W and Howard records SW, an adjacent direction.

1 finding · 2 claims unresolved

15 September 1830 · about 11--Noon

Disputed date

Source dossiers · no resolved weather comparison · 3
Cloud Study with Trees, Yale Center for British Art

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Public domain.

Cloud Study with Trees

Yale Center for British Art · B1981.25.152

Howard’s note for the 27th is “Cloudy”; the previous day is “Showery.”

Context only · 3 claims unresolved

27 September 1821 · 10 morning

Dated inscription

Source record
Image at museum
Study of Clouds

Victoria and Albert Museum · 590-1888

Howard describes the day as “Fine” and records SW.

Context only · 7 claims unresolved

5 September 1822 · noon

Dated inscription

Source record
Image at museum
Study of sky effect

Victoria and Albert Museum · 202-1888

The Royal Society records S at 9 a.m. and “Fine—nearly cloudless” for the day.

Context only · 3 claims unresolved

26 September 1833 · 12 to 1--noon

Dated inscription

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