Woman resting against a chair and looking through a window (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1776-1837
1776-1837
Title
Woman resting against a chair and looking through a window (recto)
Date of Production
(circa) 1806
Medium
graphite, grey and brown wash (recto), graphite (verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 18 cm
Width: 18 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1781
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
Countess of Strafford; her sale, Christie's 30 November 1892, lot 108; bought in; Frederick Anthony White, London (1842-before 1934); F.R. Meatyard, London (active 1912-1964); purchased from there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Window to the World - From Durer to Mondrian and Beyond, Fondation de l'Hermitage & Lausanne & Switzerland, 25/01/2013-20/05/2013
British watercolours and drawings from Rowlandson to Riley, Peking Art Gallery; Shenyang Art Gallery; Hong King Museum of Art; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1982
Constable: paintings, watercolours and drawings, Tate Gallery, London, 18/02/1976-25/04/1976 ...More
Englische Aquarelle, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, and China, 1963-64
catalogue untraced, Churchill Club, London, 1945
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
A Loan exhibition of English and French paintings and drawings, Wigan Grammar School, 06/04/1938-30/04/1938
Richard Wilson and John Constable, Oxford Arts Club, 26/10/1937-18/11/1937
British country life through the centuries, 39 Grosvenor Square, London, 1937 ...Less
British watercolours and drawings from Rowlandson to Riley, Peking Art Gallery; Shenyang Art Gallery; Hong King Museum of Art; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1982
Constable: paintings, watercolours and drawings, Tate Gallery, London, 18/02/1976-25/04/1976 ...More
Englische Aquarelle, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, and China, 1963-64
catalogue untraced, Churchill Club, London, 1945
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
A Loan exhibition of English and French paintings and drawings, Wigan Grammar School, 06/04/1938-30/04/1938
Richard Wilson and John Constable, Oxford Arts Club, 26/10/1937-18/11/1937
British country life through the centuries, 39 Grosvenor Square, London, 1937 ...Less
Literature
A Window on the World. From Dürer to Mondrian and Beyond, Museo Cantonale d'Arte e Museo d'Arte, Lugano and Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, 2012-2013
p. 70
Fig. p. 78
Watts-Russell, Penny, 'Henry Martin's Dulcinea' in The Cornish Banner: the voice of the Cornish people, November 2002; 110
Illus. (unpag.)
Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 06.128. on p. 91 and no. 06.129 on p. 92
Illus. pl. 505 and 507 ...More
Constable: paintings, watercolours & drawings, Tate Gallery, 18 February - 25 April 1976 London: Tate Gallery 1976
no. 62
Illus. repr.
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1963-64, Englische Aquarelle
no. 59
Illus. cover
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11 ...Less
p. 70
Fig. p. 78
Watts-Russell, Penny, 'Henry Martin's Dulcinea' in The Cornish Banner: the voice of the Cornish people, November 2002; 110
Illus. (unpag.)
Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 06.128. on p. 91 and no. 06.129 on p. 92
Illus. pl. 505 and 507 ...More
Constable: paintings, watercolours & drawings, Tate Gallery, 18 February - 25 April 1976 London: Tate Gallery 1976
no. 62
Illus. repr.
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1963-64, Englische Aquarelle
no. 59
Illus. cover
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, right centre edge: lower portion of a coat of arms containing an encircled "X" above cursive letters "WJ" (not found in Churchill or Heawood).
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "J.C."; lower left corner, underlined twice: "41"; lower right corner, graphite: "63".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "J.C."; lower left corner, underlined twice: "41"; lower right corner, graphite: "63".
Collector's mark: none.
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