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East Bergholt Church, from the south west
Maker
(artist)
1776-1837
1776-1837
Title
East Bergholt Church, from the south west
Date of Production
(circa) 1815 - 1817
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 31.8 cm
Width: 24 cm
Width: 24 cm
Accession Number
D.1967.WS.16
Mode of Acquisition
William Wycliffe Spooner, bequest, 1967
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
Constable was born in East Bergholt, Suffolk, and the village church features more often in his work than any other subject. In July 1817 he spent ten weeks with his wife Maria at his old home. The detailed precision of this drawing suggests that it was sketched on the site, at around five o'clock according to the tower clock face.
This drawing is unusual in its size and finish, as the artist preferred to make small on-the-spot studies in sketchbooks. It is a remarkable example of draughtsmanship, skilfully using light and shade (produced with a combination of hard and soft graphite pencils) to emphasize the textures and patterns of crumbling masonry and decorative architectural motifs.
This drawing is unusual in its size and finish, as the artist preferred to make small on-the-spot studies in sketchbooks. It is a remarkable example of draughtsmanship, skilfully using light and shade (produced with a combination of hard and soft graphite pencils) to emphasize the textures and patterns of crumbling masonry and decorative architectural motifs.
Provenance
by descent to Charles Golding Constable (1821-1879); his estate sale at Christie's (London), 11 July 1887, lot 23; purchased there by Thomas Agnew & Sons (London) on behalf of Sir William Cuthbert Quilter (1841-1911); Percy Moore Turner, London (ca. 1877-1951); Gilbert Davis (1899-1983), L.757a (former mount); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 26 April 1956; purchased there by William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967), 5 June 1956 (£125); Spooner Bequest 1967
Exhibition History
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Frick Collection, New York, 02/10/2012-27/01/2013
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2012-09/09/2012
Special Display - Building and Destruction - Architectural Imagery from the Courtauld's Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/10/2009-17/01/2010 ...More
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006
Material Evidence, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/1998-24/01/1999
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
John Constable, Tate Britain, London, 13/06/1991-15/09/1991
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
Constable's country, Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, 05/06/1976-27/06/1976
Constable: paintings, watercolours and drawings, Tate Gallery, London, 18/02/1976-25/04/1976
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 11/05/1973-02/06/1973
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner
Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/04/1968-01/07/1968
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe
Spooner, Harrogate, 1968
A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours in memory of the late D.C.T. Baskett, Colnaghi, London, 30/07/1963-23/08/1963
The Collection of Mrs (Anna) Charles Golding Constable, South Kensington, London, 1880-83 ...Less
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2012-09/09/2012
Special Display - Building and Destruction - Architectural Imagery from the Courtauld's Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/10/2009-17/01/2010 ...More
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006
Material Evidence, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/1998-24/01/1999
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
John Constable, Tate Britain, London, 13/06/1991-15/09/1991
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
Constable's country, Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, 05/06/1976-27/06/1976
Constable: paintings, watercolours and drawings, Tate Gallery, London, 18/02/1976-25/04/1976
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 11/05/1973-02/06/1973
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner
Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/04/1968-01/07/1968
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe
Spooner, Harrogate, 1968
A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours in memory of the late D.C.T. Baskett, Colnaghi, London, 30/07/1963-23/08/1963
The Collection of Mrs (Anna) Charles Golding Constable, South Kensington, London, 1880-83 ...Less
Literature
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, Frick Collection, New York and Courtauld Gallery, London London 2012-2013
no. 43
ill. on p. 199
The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 57
ill. on p. 187
Material Evidence, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1998-1999
p. 4
pl. 7 ...More
Constable: the changing face of nature, Tate Gallery, 13 June - 15 September 1991 London: Tate Gallery 1991
no. 278 and on p. 434
ill. on p. 433
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 26
pp. 60, 177
ill. on p. 61
Farr, Dennis, 100 Masterpieces from the Courtauld Collections, London: Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1987
p. 194
ill. on p. 195
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 74
ill. on p. 173
Reynolds, Graham, The later paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven: Yale University Press 1984
no. 17.32 on p. 12
pl. 32
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 114, p. 100
ill. on p. 113
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 40
Fleming-Williams, Ian, Constable: landscape watercolours & drawings, London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1976
p. 58
pl. 21
Constable: paintings, watercolours & drawings, Tate Gallery, 18 February - 25 April 1976 London: Tate Gallery 1976
no. 155
ill.
Day, Harold, John Constable RA, 1776-1837: drawings, the golden age, Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art, 1975
p. 117
pl. 120
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe Spooner, Harrogate, 1968
cat. no. 51
ill. on p. 12
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
cat. no. 15
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
cat. no. 46
pl. VIII
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 9
May, W.W., MS. list of Captain Charles G. Constable's collection, compiled for action Constable v. Blundell, Public Record Office, 1880
C.1621
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 71 ...Less
no. 43
ill. on p. 199
The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 57
ill. on p. 187
Material Evidence, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1998-1999
p. 4
pl. 7 ...More
Constable: the changing face of nature, Tate Gallery, 13 June - 15 September 1991 London: Tate Gallery 1991
no. 278 and on p. 434
ill. on p. 433
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 26
pp. 60, 177
ill. on p. 61
Farr, Dennis, 100 Masterpieces from the Courtauld Collections, London: Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1987
p. 194
ill. on p. 195
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 74
ill. on p. 173
Reynolds, Graham, The later paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven: Yale University Press 1984
no. 17.32 on p. 12
pl. 32
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 114, p. 100
ill. on p. 113
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 40
Fleming-Williams, Ian, Constable: landscape watercolours & drawings, London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1976
p. 58
pl. 21
Constable: paintings, watercolours & drawings, Tate Gallery, 18 February - 25 April 1976 London: Tate Gallery 1976
no. 155
ill.
Day, Harold, John Constable RA, 1776-1837: drawings, the golden age, Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art, 1975
p. 117
pl. 120
English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe Spooner, Harrogate, 1968
cat. no. 51
ill. on p. 12
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
cat. no. 15
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
cat. no. 46
pl. VIII
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 9
May, W.W., MS. list of Captain Charles G. Constable's collection, compiled for action Constable v. Blundell, Public Record Office, 1880
C.1621
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 71 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Mount (removed): Verso: right edge, graphite, dimensions and Colnaghi number: "21 1/9 x 18 sight / A 21492 A"; lower centre, graphite: "Mount from Constable. Spooner 16 / G Davis' stamp."
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Gilbert Davis (L.757a).
Inscription: Mount (removed): Verso: right edge, graphite, dimensions and Colnaghi number: "21 1/9 x 18 sight / A 21492 A"; lower centre, graphite: "Mount from Constable. Spooner 16 / G Davis' stamp."
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Gilbert Davis (L.757a).
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