John Constable
English, 1776–1837
Hursley, Hampshire
1804
| Medium | watercolor with gouache and black chalk on white wove paper |
| Dimensions | 5 9/16 x 8 1/8 in. (14.2 x 20.6 cm) |
| Object Number | 2007.8.11 |
| Acquisition | Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
John Constable, Hursley, Hampshire, 1804, watercolor with gouache and black chalk on white wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.11
Select Bibliography
Belsey, Hugh, ed. From Gainsborough to Constable: The Emergence of Naturalism in British Landscape Painting 1750-1810. Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, August 17-October 13, 1991; The Leger Galleries, London, November 14-December 4, 1991. Sudbury, Suffolk: Gainsborough's House Society. 1991.
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. Supplement. New York: Published privately, 1998.
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
Eustace Constable, probably by descent, sale, Christie’s, London, 16 Apr. 1896, no. 33; Isaac (by 1896); Carlos Peacock, sale, Sotheby’s, London, 11 Apr. 1991, no. 40, sold to The Gallery Downstairs; The Gallery Downstairs (in 1991); sale, Christie’s, London, 7 Apr. 1998, no. 34, sold to Ackermann & Johnson, London, as agent for Manton; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1998–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.
