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East Bergholt church

Maker

(artist)
1776-1837

Title

East Bergholt church

Date of Production

(winter, December 1812 or January 1813) 1812-1813

Medium

black and white chalk on blue laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.2 cm
Width: 13.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3564

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

Thomas Agnew & Sons (London), probably March-April 1944, no. 105; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78

Literature

Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 12.48 on p. 173
pl. 967

Constable: the changing face of nature, Tate Gallery, 13 June - 15 September 1991 London: Tate Gallery 1991
p. 95 under no. 29

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 40 ...More

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: written vertically right of centre, graphite, artist's hand: "Winter - 1812 or - 1813 - J.C="; lower centre, graphite: "29".

Label: Verso (removed:) "J.C. ... RA / 78, East Bergholt".

Collector's mark: none.

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