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Woman resting against a chair and looking through a window (recto)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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

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.

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