Cloud study (after Alexander Cozens' 'Engravings of Skies')
Maker
(artist)
1776-1837
After
(artist)
1717-1786
1776-1837
After
(artist)
1717-1786
Title
Cloud study (after Alexander Cozens' 'Engravings of Skies')
Date of Production
(circa) 1822 - 1823
Medium
graphite covered in fixative on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 9.3 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1932.LF.48
Mode of Acquisition
Arthur Hamilton Lee, gift, 12/12/1932
Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947
Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Viscount Lee of Fareham (1868-1947); Fareham Gift 1932
Exhibition History
Discover Constable and the Hay Wain, National Gallery, London, 17/10/2024-02/02/2025
John Constable: The making of a master, Victoria and Albert Museum, 20/09/2014-11/01/2015
Wolken Welt des Flüchtigen, Leopold Museum, Vienna, 22/03/2013-01/07/2013 ...More
Cloud Images, Altenationalgalerie & Berlin & Germany, 24/09/2004-30/01/2005
Cloud Images, Jenisch Haus, Hamburg, 06/06/2004-12/09/2004
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
Constable: paintings, watercolours and drawings, Tate Gallery, London, 18/02/1976-25/04/1976
'The Cloud Watchers': an exhibition of Instruments, Publications, Paintings and Watercolours concerning Art and Meteorology c. 1770 - 1830, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, 01/06/1975-27/07/1975 ...Less
John Constable: The making of a master, Victoria and Albert Museum, 20/09/2014-11/01/2015
Wolken Welt des Flüchtigen, Leopold Museum, Vienna, 22/03/2013-01/07/2013 ...More
Cloud Images, Altenationalgalerie & Berlin & Germany, 24/09/2004-30/01/2005
Cloud Images, Jenisch Haus, Hamburg, 06/06/2004-12/09/2004
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
Constable: paintings, watercolours and drawings, Tate Gallery, London, 18/02/1976-25/04/1976
'The Cloud Watchers': an exhibition of Instruments, Publications, Paintings and Watercolours concerning Art and Meteorology c. 1770 - 1830, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, 01/06/1975-27/07/1975 ...Less
Literature
Wolken: Welt des Flüchtigen, Leopold Museum, Vienna, 2013
p. 341
Ill. p. 103
Constable: Impressions of land, sea and sky, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2006
p. 38
Wolkenbilder. Die entdeckung des Himmels, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg; Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin; Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, 2004-05 Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2004
no. 203, pp. 166-67
Ill. p. 168 ...More
Thornes, John E., John Constable's Skies, Birmingham: Birmingham University Press, 1999
no. 80
Ill. p. 79, pl. 12
Fleming-Williams, Ian, Constable and his drawings, London: Philip Wilson, 1990
p. 289
The Northern Landscape. Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Drawing Center, New York; Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1986
no. 75
Ill. p. 175
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 75
Ill. p. 175
Reynolds, Graham, The later paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven: Yale University Press 1984
no. 23.74, p. 129
Ill. pl. 460
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 41
Constable: paintings, watercolours & drawings, Tate Gallery, 18 February - 25 April 1976 London: Tate Gallery 1976
no. 210
'The Cloud Watchers': an exhibition of Instruments, Publications, Paintings and Watercolours concerning Art and Meteorology c. 1770 - 1830, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, 1975
cat. no. 35
Riding, Christine, Mary McMahon, Jenny Gaschke, Anne Lyles, Emma Roodhouse, and National Gallery (Great Britain), Discover Constable and the Hay Wain, London: National Gallery, 2024.
fig. 83 on p. 106 ...Less
p. 341
Ill. p. 103
Constable: Impressions of land, sea and sky, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2006
p. 38
Wolkenbilder. Die entdeckung des Himmels, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg; Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin; Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, 2004-05 Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2004
no. 203, pp. 166-67
Ill. p. 168 ...More
Thornes, John E., John Constable's Skies, Birmingham: Birmingham University Press, 1999
no. 80
Ill. p. 79, pl. 12
Fleming-Williams, Ian, Constable and his drawings, London: Philip Wilson, 1990
p. 289
The Northern Landscape. Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Drawing Center, New York; Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1986
no. 75
Ill. p. 175
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 75
Ill. p. 175
Reynolds, Graham, The later paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven: Yale University Press 1984
no. 23.74, p. 129
Ill. pl. 460
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 41
Constable: paintings, watercolours & drawings, Tate Gallery, 18 February - 25 April 1976 London: Tate Gallery 1976
no. 210
'The Cloud Watchers': an exhibition of Instruments, Publications, Paintings and Watercolours concerning Art and Meteorology c. 1770 - 1830, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, 1975
cat. no. 35
Riding, Christine, Mary McMahon, Jenny Gaschke, Anne Lyles, Emma Roodhouse, and National Gallery (Great Britain), Discover Constable and the Hay Wain, London: National Gallery, 2024.
fig. 83 on p. 106 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, artist's hand: "20. The same as the last but darker / at the ['top' crossed out] bottom than the top.".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, artist's hand: "20. The same as the last but darker / at the ['top' crossed out] bottom than the top.".
Collector's mark: none.
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