Leathes Water (Thirlmere)

9 Sept. 1806

Medium	Graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions	9 7/8 x 15 1/4 in. (25.1 x 38.8 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.13
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

John Constable, Leathes Water (Thirlmere), 9 Sept. 1806, Graphite on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.13

Select Bibliography

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

Samuel Bostock; John Bostock, by descent; private collection, by descent, sale, Sotheby’s, London, 9 Nov. 1995, no. 62, sold to Leger; [Leger Galleries, London, 1995–1996, sold to Manton, Jan. 1996]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1996–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.