Salisbury Cathedral from the River Avon (recto); Man Pulling a Rope (verso)

07/23/1829

Medium	graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions	Sheet: 9 1/8 x 13 1/4 in. (23.1 x 33.6 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.47
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

John Constable, Salisbury Cathedral from the River Avon (recto); Man Pulling a Rope (verso), 07/23/1829, graphite on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.47

Select Bibliography

. Constable. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, April 1-14, 1976. Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin. 1976. 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. Parris, Leslie and Ian Fleming-Williams. John Constable. Exhibition catalogue. London: Tate Publishing, 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. New York: Published Privately, 1994. Reynolds, Graham. The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable. 2 vol. New Haven: Published for the Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1984. Wilcox, Timothy. Constable and Salisbury: The Soul of Landscape. Exhibition catalogue. London: Scala Books, 2011. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.

Provenance

Marietta Peabody Tree (her sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 19 Oct. 1976, no. 196, sold to Manton); Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1976–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.