Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead is a landscape painting by the British artist John Constable, begun in 1831 and completed the following year.
[1] It shows a view from Haverstock Hill in then rural Hampstead looking southwards towards London with its skyline dominated by St Paul's Cathedral.
The painting takes its name from the cottage to the right of the road, formerly home to the Irish writer and politician Richard Steele, a member of the Kit Cat Club.
On the left of the street is a public house the Load of Hay, popular with travellers on their way to Hampstead Heath.
[2] The cottage was demolished in 1867 during the development of Belsize Park as a residential area, but is still commemorated by the name of Steele Road.