Well on the road from East Bergholt to Ipswich
Maker
(artist)
1776-1837
1776-1837
Title
Well on the road from East Bergholt to Ipswich
Date of Production
1798
Medium
pen and grey-brown ink, brown, grey and blue wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 19.1 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1754
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
by descent from the artist to Isabel Constable, London (1822-1888); Countess of Strafford, her sale, Christie's (London), 30 November 1892, lot 113 (as 'A Watermill'); Frederick Anthony White, London (1842-before 1934); Leggatt Bros (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Constable: master draughtsman, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Frick Collection, New York, 13/07/1994-12/02/1995
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78 ...More
English Landscape Drawings [catalogue not found], Rye Art Gallery, England, 1971
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
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
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78 ...More
English Landscape Drawings [catalogue not found], Rye Art Gallery, England, 1971
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
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. 98.3. on pp. 17-18
Constable, a Master Draughtsman, Dulwich Picture Gallery, 1994
p. 52
Fig. p. 53
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 45 ...More
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 39
Illus. repr.
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 28
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 6
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11
Beckett, R.B., 'Constable's Early Drawings' in The Art Quarterly, Winter 1954; 17, no. 4
pp. 375, 381
Key, Sidney J., John Constable: his life and works, London: Phoenix House 1948
p. 15
Constable, Bonington, C. Pissarro, Stafford Gallery, London, 1939
cat. no. 56 ...Less
no. 98.3. on pp. 17-18
Constable, a Master Draughtsman, Dulwich Picture Gallery, 1994
p. 52
Fig. p. 53
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 45 ...More
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 39
Illus. repr.
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 28
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 6
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11
Beckett, R.B., 'Constable's Early Drawings' in The Art Quarterly, Winter 1954; 17, no. 4
pp. 375, 381
Key, Sidney J., John Constable: his life and works, London: Phoenix House 1948
p. 15
Constable, Bonington, C. Pissarro, Stafford Gallery, London, 1939
cat. no. 56 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left lower edge, bottoms of letters: "T L" (see tracing in file, not found in Heawood).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite, artist's hand: "Well on the Road from / E.B. to Ipsch done in / a gig by J.T.S. + / this my copy from it"; lower centre edge, underlined: "37"; lower right corner, graphite, cut off: "73".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite, artist's hand: "Well on the Road from / E.B. to Ipsch done in / a gig by J.T.S. + / this my copy from it"; lower centre edge, underlined: "37"; lower right corner, graphite, cut off: "73".
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