Portrait of Mary, the artist's sister (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1776-1837
1776-1837
Title
Portrait of Mary, the artist's sister (recto)
Date of Production
(22 April) 1812
Medium
graphite (recto and verso) on laid paper (now discoloured yellow)
Dimensions
Height: 15.3 cm
Width: 9.1 cm
Width: 9.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2541.3
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 to grandson of the artist, Hugh Constable, London (1868-1949); purchased from him by Leggatt Bros. (London), October 1899; Sir Harry Baldwin, Isle of Wight (1863-1931); Sotheby's (London), 19 June 1933, lot 125, as a collection of 14 sketches in two frames; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Constable Portraits - The Painter and his Circle, Compton Verney & Warwickshire & England, 27/06/2009-06/09/2009
Constable Portraits - The Painter and his Circle, National Portrait Gallery & London & England, 05/03/2009-14/06/2009
Constable: paintings, watercolours and drawings, Tate Gallery, London, 18/02/1976-25/04/1976 ...More
Richard Wilson and John Constable, Oxford Arts Club, 26/10/1937-18/11/1937
Centenary exhibition of paintings and water-colours by John Constable, R.A. (1776-1837), Tate Gallery, London, 04/05/1937-31/08/1937 ...Less
Constable Portraits - The Painter and his Circle, National Portrait Gallery & London & England, 05/03/2009-14/06/2009
Constable: paintings, watercolours and drawings, Tate Gallery, London, 18/02/1976-25/04/1976 ...More
Richard Wilson and John Constable, Oxford Arts Club, 26/10/1937-18/11/1937
Centenary exhibition of paintings and water-colours by John Constable, R.A. (1776-1837), Tate Gallery, London, 04/05/1937-31/08/1937 ...Less
Literature
Constable Portraits: the painter & his circle, National Portrait Gallery, 5 March - 4 June 2009 London: National Portrait Gallery, 2009
p. 76
no. 11 on p. 80
Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 12.12 on p. 168 (recto); no. 12.20 on p. 169 (verso)
pl. 940 (recto); pl. 945 (verso)
Constable: paintings, watercolours & drawings, Tate Gallery, 18 February - 25 April 1976 London: Tate Gallery 1976
no. 109
ill. ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11
accession number given as 2541H and Mary listed as his daughter rather than sister ...Less
p. 76
no. 11 on p. 80
Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 12.12 on p. 168 (recto); no. 12.20 on p. 169 (verso)
pl. 940 (recto); pl. 945 (verso)
Constable: paintings, watercolours & drawings, Tate Gallery, 18 February - 25 April 1976 London: Tate Gallery 1976
no. 109
ill. ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11
accession number given as 2541H and Mary listed as his daughter rather than sister ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper right corner, cut off at the edge: "[...]05".
Label: Frame (removed): " ...from the collection of / Hugh Constable, Esq grandson / of the painter / October, 1899 Leggatt Bros.".
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite, artist's hand: "22d Apl. 1812.". Verso: upper right centre, graphite, hard to read: "right / centre [?]".
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Frame (removed): " ...from the collection of / Hugh Constable, Esq grandson / of the painter / October, 1899 Leggatt Bros.".
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite, artist's hand: "22d Apl. 1812.". Verso: upper right centre, graphite, hard to read: "right / centre [?]".
Collector's mark: none.
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