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Constable's birthplace at East Bergholt, at night

Maker

(artist)
1776-1837

Title

Constable's birthplace at East Bergholt, at night

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite on brown paper, laid down on cardboard

Dimensions

Height: 5.6 cm
Width: 8.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2679

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

perhaps Charles Golding Constable (1821-1878); his sale, Christie's 23 June 1890, lot 101 (one of six in a frame); Sir Harry Baldwin, Isle of Wight (1863-1931); J.P. Heseltine, London (1843-1929), L.1508; Frederick Anthony White, London (1842-before 1934); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 20 April 1934, lot 51; purchased there by Grays (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Reynolds, Graham, The later paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven: Yale University Press 1984
no. 12.58. on p. 175
pl. 981

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11
accession number given as 2679A

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, stamped in red: J.P. Heseltine (L.1508); lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper margin, graphite: “in this House John Constable was born” and continued in lower margin: “Golding Constable House - East Bergholt / Suffolk.”. Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: “F 3”.

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