Lane with trees
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1776-1837
(artist)
1776-1837
Title
Lane with trees
Date of Production
(circa) 1800 - 1820
Medium
graphite and watercolour, with scratching out, on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 45.6 cm
Width: 31.2 cm
Width: 31.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1967.WS.17
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
Provenance
Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); Guy D. Harvey Samuel, London (1887-1960); his property exhibited at Fine Art Society’s (London) Spring 1960 selling exhibition; purchased there by Mr and Mrs William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967), 27 April 1960 (£850); Spooner Bequest 1967
Exhibition History
Fortieth exhibition - early English water-colours and drawings., Fine Art Society, London, 1960 (Spring)
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum and Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005
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 ...More
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/04/1968-01/07/1968 ...Less
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum and Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005
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 ...More
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/04/1968-01/07/1968 ...Less
Literature
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 69
pl. XIV
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 25
pp. 58, 177
ill. on p. 59
Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 05.9 on p. 61
pl. 248 ...More
Lyles, Anne, Review of 'The early paintings and drawings of John Constable by Graham Reynolds' in 'Burlington Magazine', March 1999; CXVI, 1152
p. 183
The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 58
ill. on p. 189 ...Less
cat. no. 69
pl. XIV
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 25
pp. 58, 177
ill. on p. 59
Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 05.9 on p. 61
pl. 248 ...More
Lyles, Anne, Review of 'The early paintings and drawings of John Constable by Graham Reynolds' in 'Burlington Magazine', March 1999; CXVI, 1152
p. 183
The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 58
ill. on p. 189 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso: upper edge: "1794 / J WHATMAN".
Inscription: Verso, left lower edge, graphite: “Octr 1”. Support (removed, cut down, and now in file): graphite, circled: “961P”; graphite: “Lane under Trees / John Constable Role[?] / 59/11/1942”. Mount (removed, cut down, now in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “178-27=259”; lower centre, graphite: “probably German”; right edge, graphite: “P / item 133 C85 / £80 //”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso, left lower edge, graphite: “Octr 1”. Support (removed, cut down, and now in file): graphite, circled: “961P”; graphite: “Lane under Trees / John Constable Role[?] / 59/11/1942”. Mount (removed, cut down, now in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “178-27=259”; lower centre, graphite: “probably German”; right edge, graphite: “P / item 133 C85 / £80 //”.
Collector's mark: none.
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