# The Sand Pits, Hampstead Heath

**John Linnell** (English, 1792–1882)  
1834  
Oil on panel  
24.1 × 38.1 cm (9 1/2 × 15 in.); Framed: 33.7 × 47.7 × 5.1 cm (13 1/4 × 18 3/4 × 2 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.193. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/250453).

## About this work

John Linnell painted this in 1834, aged 42. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of oil on panel.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [John Linnell](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/john-linnell)

English, 1792–1882

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: England
- The artist was 42
- Real size: about 9½ × 15 in (24 × 38 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Sand Pits, animals, foliage, horse, labor, landscape, men, paths
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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