Seascape
Maker
(artist)
1776-1837
1776-1837
Title
Seascape
Date of Production
1796 - 1837
Medium
graphite on yellowed wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 12 cm
Width: 14.2 cm
Width: 14.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2541.5
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
The Witt Collection - Four centuries of drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/04/2004-20/06/2004
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
Literature
Rhyne, Charles S., 'Constable Drawings and Watercolors in the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and the Yale Center for British Art: Part II. Reattributed Works' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 1981 - pp. 391-425, 463-70; 19, 4
p. 412 under II.8
reattributed to either Lionel or Alfred (the verso)
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 36
Day, Harold, John Constable RA, 1776-1837: drawings, the golden age, Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art, 1975
pl. 159 ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11
accession number given as 2541N ...Less
p. 412 under II.8
reattributed to either Lionel or Alfred (the verso)
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 36
Day, Harold, John Constable RA, 1776-1837: drawings, the golden age, Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art, 1975
pl. 159 ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11
accession number given as 2541N ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: illegible writing, 2 words.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: illegible writing, 2 words.
Collector's mark: none.
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