Wivenhoe Park, Essex, by John Constable, 1949
- Card type
- Lithograph
- Date
- c. 1949 (Chrome)
About this postcard
John Constable's Wivenhoe Park, Essex shows the English estate near Colchester: black-and-white cattle graze beside a pond, a wooden rail fence runs across the foreground, swans and a small rowboat sit on the water, and the house rises among trees under a cloudy sky. Constable painted the scene in 1816 for Major-General Francis Slater Rebow, whose family owned the park; the work later entered the Widener Collection at the National Gallery of Art. The sender, writing from Washington in 1949, joked that the English landscape looked like "ole Virginny."
Postcard Details
619 Woods Ave, SW Roanoke, VA 16
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Washington, DC |
|---|---|
| Publisher | National Gallery of Art |
| Series | [606] |
| Condition | Very good |
| Place addressed | The Haleys, 619 Woods Ave, SW, Roanoke, VA, 16 |
| Place mentioned | Wivenhoe Park, Essex, England |
| Publisher | National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Stamp | 1c George Washington, green, issued 1909 |
| Stamp | 1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | White border at bottom; no printed text on front. Postmark: WASHINGTON, D.C. FEB 13 12-PM 1949. Divided-back National Gallery of Art reproduction card (Constable's "Wivenhoe Park"); handwritten date "2/13/49" in blue ink beside the cancel; light edge wear, 1-cent George Washington stamp intact. |
Cite this card
Wivenhoe Park, Essex, by John Constable, 1949, postcard, c. 1949. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/wivenhoe-park-essex-by-john-constable-1949. Accessed November 2, 2026.