Stonehenge
Maker
(artist)
1776-1837
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
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
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
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).
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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