Landscape with houses and a windmill
Maker
(artist)
1776-1837
1776-1837
Title
Landscape with houses and a windmill
Date of Production
1808 - 1809
Medium
graphite on laid paper, laid down on a mount with a gold ink border
Dimensions
Height: 9.6 cm
Width: 15.2 cm
Width: 15.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.232
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
Sir John Charles Robinson, London (1824-1913); his sale, Christie's (London), 21 April 1902, lot 15; purchased there by Reynolds; Sotheby's (London), 23 February 1926; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£3.25); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 09.52. on p. 137
Illus. pl. 783
Constable, a Master Draughtsman, Dulwich Picture Gallery, 1994
pp. 52-53
Illus. no. II
Fleming-Williams, Ian, Constable and his drawings, London: Philip Wilson, 1990
p. 35, note 17 ...More
Rhyne, Charles S, 'Constable Drawings and Watercolours in the Collections of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon and the Yale Center for British Art: Part I. Authentic Works', Master Drawings, Summer 1981
p. 126 under no. 2, p. 140 note 3
see PDF
Fleming-Williams, Ian, Constable: landscape watercolours & drawings, London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1976
pp. 6, 16
Illus. no. 5
Day, Harold, John Constable RA, 1776-1837: drawings, the golden age, Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art, 1975
Illus. pl. 211
Beckett, R.B., ed., John Constable's Correspondence, Ipswich: Suffolk Records Society, 1962-68
vol. II, pp. 14-15
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 10
Key, Sidney J., John Constable: his life and works, London: Phoenix House 1948
p. 14
Illus. p. 15 ...Less
no. 09.52. on p. 137
Illus. pl. 783
Constable, a Master Draughtsman, Dulwich Picture Gallery, 1994
pp. 52-53
Illus. no. II
Fleming-Williams, Ian, Constable and his drawings, London: Philip Wilson, 1990
p. 35, note 17 ...More
Rhyne, Charles S, 'Constable Drawings and Watercolours in the Collections of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon and the Yale Center for British Art: Part I. Authentic Works', Master Drawings, Summer 1981
p. 126 under no. 2, p. 140 note 3
see PDF
Fleming-Williams, Ian, Constable: landscape watercolours & drawings, London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1976
pp. 6, 16
Illus. no. 5
Day, Harold, John Constable RA, 1776-1837: drawings, the golden age, Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art, 1975
Illus. pl. 211
Beckett, R.B., ed., John Constable's Correspondence, Ipswich: Suffolk Records Society, 1962-68
vol. II, pp. 14-15
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 10
Key, Sidney J., John Constable: his life and works, London: Phoenix House 1948
p. 14
Illus. p. 15 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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