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Willy Lott's house, East Bergholt

Maker

(artist)
1776-1837

Title

Willy Lott's house, East Bergholt

Date of Production

(circa) 1812 - 1813

Medium

graphite on three sheets of wove paper joined together

Dimensions

Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 28.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1505

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Provenance

from the estate of the artist [according to 1892 sale catalogue] to the Countess of Strafford; her sale, Christie's 30 November 1892, lot 85 (as 'A Cottage with trees'); bought in; Frederick Anthony White, London (1842-before 1934); Leggatt Bros (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£4); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Discover Constable and the Hay Wain, National Gallery, London, 17/10/2024-02/02/2025

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 ...More

Constable's country, Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, 05/06/1976-27/06/1976

Constable: paintings, watercolours and drawings, Tate Gallery, London, 18/02/1976-25/04/1976

Landscape in Britain c. 1750-1850, Tate Gallery, London, 20/11/1973-03/02/1974

Constable, Bonington, C. Pissarro, Stafford Gallery, London, 31/05/1939-17/06/1939

Richard Wilson and John Constable, Oxford Arts Club, 26/10/1937-18/11/1937 ...Less

Literature

Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 13.20. on p. 186
pl. 1082

Bermingham, Ann, Landscape and ideology: the English rustic tradition 1740-1860, London: Thames and Hudson, 1987
p. 124
Illus. on p. 124, fig. 55

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 73
Illus. on p. 171 ...More

Rosenthal, Michael, Constable: the painter and his landscape, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1983
p. 69
fig. 78

Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 113
p. 112

Parris, Leslie, The Tate Gallery Constable Collection: a catalogue, London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1981
pp. 157-58
fig. 2

English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 39

Constable: paintings, watercolours & drawings, Tate Gallery, 18 February - 25 April 1976 London: Tate Gallery 1976
no. 115
repr.

Fleming-Williams, Ian, Constable: landscape watercolours & drawings, London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1976
p. 44
fig. 30

Landscape in Britain c. 1750-1850, Tate Gallery, London, 1973-1974
no. 226
repr.

Rhyne, Charles, 'Fresh Light on John Constable' in Apollo, March 1968
p. 229

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 10

Constable, Bonington, C. Pissarro, Stafford Gallery, London, 1939
cat. no. 55
dated 1804, but this impossible due to the 1807 watermark

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. 70 on p. 97 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: left sheet, left centre edge: "STROUD & Co". Centre sheet, right of centre: "RUSHMILL / 1807". Right sheet, right centre edge: looks like filigree, Rhyne suggested it was “JW”.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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