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Sailing boat on a rough sea

Maker

(artist)
1776-1837

Title

Sailing boat on a rough sea

Date of Production

1824

Medium

traces of graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and blue wash on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.7 cm
Width: 19.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3609

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

Victor Rienaecker (1887- after 1957); Fine Art Society (London), October 1944, lot 150; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Autumn exhibition of early English watercolours and drawings, Fine Art Society, London, 1944 (October)

Centenary exhibition of paintings and water-colours by John Constable, R.A. (1776-1837), Tate Gallery, London, 04/05/1937-31/08/1937

A centenary memorial exhibition of John Constable, R.A.: his origins and influence, Wildenstein's Galleries, London, 21/04/1937-29/05/1937

Literature

Reynolds, Graham, The later paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven: Yale University Press 1984
no. 36.34 on p. 295
pl. 1083

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

Autumn exhibition of early English watercolours and drawings, Fine Art Society, London, October 1944
cat. no. 150 ...More

Leslie, C.R., Memoirs on the Life of John Constable, London: The Medici Society, 1937
p. 248 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Label: Mount (removed, in object file): printed and written in black ink: "THE FINE ART SOCIETY, LTD., / 148 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W.1 / By Appointment to H.M. QUEEN MARY / TITLE Vessels in a Storm / Watercolour by / ARTIST John Constable RA / No 150 DATE Oct 1944".

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Mount (removed, in object file): graphite: "John Constable. / About 1830".

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