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Framlingham in Art

Text by Simon Garret based on an earlier document by Lindsay Huggins.

The beautiful and historic town centre of Framlingham and its castle have inspired artists throughout the ages. Here are just a few of their works1, and see below for more information in searching our collection.

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Framlingham Castle
A sketch by John Nash (1893 – 1977) He is best known for his amazing World War One battlefield paintings. He also painted many English landscapes in a very distinctive modern style.  Notice that he has drawn two rectangular frames on this sketch for compostions for bigger paintings. I wonder if one exists?

Image linked to https://www.artnet.com/artists/john-nash/framlingham-castle-ab-5Vq5OAUuVAN8jxWZKag2


John Constable painted Framlingham more than once.

“Framlingham Castle from the South West”. A John Constable sketch taken from his sketchbook held at the Fitzwilliam Museum. A very faint drawing of a woman resting her left hand on her right arm, probably reading a book (verso title). Constable, John (British, 1776-1837). Graphite on paper, height 134 mm, width 114 mm, 1815.

From https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14891


Framlingham Castle from the West. An Ash Tree (verso). Constable, John (British, 1776-1837). Graphite on paper, height 198 mm, width 250 mm, 1815 (recto), 1830 (verso).

From https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14888


A recently discovered sketch believed to be of Framlingham Castle by John Constable – sold at auction. The viewpoint is ‘Lords’ playing field.

From a BBC news item: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-48697213


Watercolour painting by Joseph Stannard of the Norwich School of artists painted this view of Framlingham Castle about 1820.

In the Lanman Museum.


P W Steer – Sketch from the Christchurch Mansion Collection, Ipswich  1928

From https://cim-web.adlibhosting.com/ais6/Details/collect/81680


Leonard Squirrell – Framlingham Castle

In the Lanman Museum.


Framlingham Castle by John Piper.

The image is a link to the Tate Gallery, where the painging resides. See https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/piper-framlingham-castle-p05035

Elsewhere in Framlingham
Framlingham College by Leonard Squirrell, 1947

Market Hill, John Western, for a calendar in 1981

Market Hill, early 1940s, showing air raid shelter and water tanks

Footnote
  1. Note that many of these pictures are protected by copyright, and Framlingham History Society does not own the copyright. In such cases, the images on this page are not copied, but are links to images on the the owner’s page, with attribution where relevant. ↩︎
References and more information
More images

The Lanman Museum has many more images of Framlingham, especially of the castle. Some are on display in the museum and many more for which there no room to display in the museum. They can be searched in our online database and can be viewed on request. For more information see here.