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Old Sarum

John Constable1829

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

This sketch depicts the abandoned medieval town of Old Sarum, near Salisbury. Constable remarked on its wild beauty and historical associations: 'The pomp of Kings, is now the Shepherd's humble pride'. He later published a print of the view and also painted a large watercolour of the subject.

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