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Flatford Mill

Maker

(artist)
1776-1837

Title

Flatford Mill

Date of Production

1796 - 1837

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 15.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2379

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); Frederick Pickles; his sale, Sotheby's (London) 11 July 1928; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

catalogue untraced, Eton College, 1950

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933 (Jun.-Jul.)

Literature

Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 09.12 on p. 131
pl. 743

Christie's, Drawings by John Constable, London 12 July 1988
p. 19

Day, Harold, John Constable RA, 1776-1837: drawings, the golden age, Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art, 1975
p. 39
pl. 27 ...More

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11

Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper left corner, fragment (tops of letters): "PPS" (not found in Heawood).

Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "12".

Collector's mark: none.

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