John Constable
English, 1776–1837
Bow Fell and Langdale Pikes
1806
| Medium | watercolor and graphite, squared for transfer, on white laid paper |
| Dimensions | 8 × 15 1/4 in. (20.3 × 38.8 cm) Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm) |
| Object Number | 2007.8.56 |
| 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 and graphite, squared for transfer, on white laid paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.56
Select Bibliography
Parris, Leslie and Conal Shields. Constable: The Art of Nature. Tate Gallery, London; June 7-July 4, 1971. London: Tate Publishing. 1971.
Constable, Freda. John Constable: A Biography, 17761837. Lavenham: Dalton, 1975.
Parris, Leslie, Ian Fleming-Williams, and Conal Shields. Constable: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings. Tate Gallery, London, Feb. 18-April 25, 1976. London: Tate Gallery. 1976.
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.
Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.
Provenance
The artist; Captain Charles Golding Constable, his son, by descent (d. 1879); Constable family, by descent, sold to Salander-O’Reilly; [Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Inc., New York, sold to Manton, Nov. 2000]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (2000–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.
