Constable's birthplace at East Bergholt, at night
Maker
(artist)
1776-1837
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
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
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”.
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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