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Salisbury Cathedral by John Constable, ca. 1825 "Salisbury cathedral" (2018) by Stephan Wolf. The cathedral is the subject of a famous painting by John Constable. As a gesture of appreciation for John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury, who commissioned this painting, Constable included the bishop and his wife in the canvas (bottom left). The view ...
In May 2013 the painting was bought by Tate for £23.1m. [5]The acquisition was part of Aspire, a partnership between Tate and four other national and regional galleries – National Museum Wales, the National Galleries of Scotland, Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service and Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum – and was acquired with major grants and donations from the Heritage Lottery Fund ...
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds is an 1823 landscape painting by the English landscape painter John Constable (1776–1837). This image of Salisbury Cathedral, one of England's most famous medieval churches, is one of his most celebrated works, and was commissioned by one of his closest friends, John Fisher, The Bishop of Salisbury. [1]
Salisbury Cathedral is visited by around 250,000 people each year and boasts the tallest spire in the country which stands at 123 metres. It also houses a library, which was founded in 1445, holds ...
Salisbury (/ ˈ s ɔː l z b ər i / SAWLZ-bər-ee, locally / ˈ s ɔː z b ər i / SAWZ-bər-ee) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, [1] at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne.
Location Notes Image 1 Salisbury Cathedral: 123 404 Salisbury, Wiltshire: Tallest church in the United Kingdom, amongst the tallest medieval churches in the world. [1] 2 St Paul's Cathedral: 111 366 City of London: London's tallest structure from 1710 to 1962; previous tallest in London until Great Fire of London. [2] 3 Liverpool Anglican ...
Harnham Gate, Salisbury is an 1821 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable. [1] [2] It depicts a view of the medieval Harnham Gate, at the southern end of the cathedral close in the Southern English cathedral city of Salisbury; the gate connects the city with the southern suburb of Harnham.
It has taken more than a year to complete with each separate pane fired by glaziers at Salisbury Cathedral. The £250,000 cost was raised through grants and donations, many in memory of loved ones ...