John Constable
English, 1776–1837
Bow Fell and Langdale Pikes
1806
| Medium | watercolor over graphite on beige wove paper |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 3/8 in. (18.4 x 23.8 cm) |
| Object Number | 2007.8.15 |
| Acquisition | Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
John Constable, Bow Fell and Langdale Pikes, 1806, watercolor over graphite on beige wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.15
Select Bibliography
. Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell. July-September 1965. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. 1965.
Reynolds, Graham, Charles Rhyne, and Julius Meier-Graefe. John Constable, R.A. (1776-1837): Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours, Mezzotints. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 1988.
Pionk, Richard C. and Margaret Somers. Constable. Salmagundi Club, October 14 - November 2, 2000. New York, Salmagundi Club. 2000.
Parris, Leslie. Constable: A New York Private Collection. New York: Published Privately, 1994.
Reynolds, Graham. The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable. 2 vol. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 1996.
Camberwell Borough Council. The Constable Family: Five Generations. Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, June - September 1954; South London Art Gallery, Camberwell, October 24-November 13, 1954; subsequent tour (Sunderland, etcc), 1954-55. South London Art Gallery. 1954.
Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.
Lees, Sarah, ed. Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; New Haven and London: distributed by Yale University Press, 2012.
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell (by 1965); sale, Sotheby’s, London, 30 June 1986, no. 92, sold to Salander-O’Reilly; [Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Inc., New York, 1986–1988, sold to Manton, Apr. 1988; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1988–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.
