Studies of a man driving a harrow
Maker
(artist)
1776-1837
1776-1837
Title
Studies of a man driving a harrow
Date of Production
(24 August - inscription unclear) 1812?
Medium
graphite on buff laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 9.7 cm
Width: 7.4 cm
Width: 7.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3252
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
Leggatt Bros. (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Constable's country, Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, 05/06/1976-27/06/1976
Literature
Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 12.41 on p. 172
pl. 965
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11
no. 12.41 on p. 172
pl. 965
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left centre, graphite, date hard to read as merges into drawing: "24 Augt 1812 [?]".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left centre, graphite, date hard to read as merges into drawing: "24 Augt 1812 [?]".
Collector's mark: none.
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