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Stonehenge

Maker

(artist)
1776-1837

Title

Stonehenge

Date of Production

1826 - 1836

Medium

graphite, squared up in graphite, on grey laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 15.1 cm
Width: 23.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.993

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


historic sites

Provenance

F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977

Constable's Stonehenge, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1975

English Landscape Drawings [catalogue not found], Rye Art Gallery, England, 1971 ...More

Paintings and Drawings of Salisbury Subjects by Turner and Constable: Salisbury Festival of the Arts, Old Deanery, Salisbury, 17/07/1967-29/07/1967

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965

catalogue untraced, Oxford Arts Club, 1951

Richard Wilson and John Constable, Oxford Arts Club, 26/10/1937-18/11/1937 ...Less

Literature

Constable: the changing face of nature, Tate Gallery, 13 June - 15 September 1991 London: Tate Gallery 1991
p. 490

Reynolds, Graham, The later paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven: Yale University Press 1984
no. 36.5. on p. 287
Illus. pl. 1054

English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 38 ...More

Hawes, Louis, Constable's Stonehenge, London: H.M.S.O. 1975
p. 3
Illus. pl. 3

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 29

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 10 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: "J. RUMP / 1826".

Inscription: Verso: right centre, graphite, barely legible: "Put him - Br[...]tten / Lime_ / The p[...]"; lower right, graphite: "86"; lower right corner, graphite: "90".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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