WHEN John Constable painted a picture of Branch Hill pond for a friend, he was asked to create a landscape in which one could “feel the wind blowing on his face”. Now the Hampstead pond is to be restored thanks to a neighbourhood group.
Redington Frognal Association has secured £35,000 of funding to reinstate the lost pond, which was filled in around 1890. Constable, who lived in the area between 1819 and 1822, produced hundreds of sketches from Branch Hill, including the painting in the Tate’s collection.
