Shipping in a Stormy Sea at Brighton

1824

Medium	brush and gray ink over graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions	Sheet: 6 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (17.5 x 25.6 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.40
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

John Constable, Shipping in a Stormy Sea at Brighton, 1824, brush and gray ink over graphite on white wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.40

Select Bibliography

Pionk, Richard C. and Margaret Somers. Constable. Salmagundi Club, October 14 - November 2, 2000. New York, Salmagundi Club. 2000. 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. Day, Harold. John Constable, R.A.: Drawings, The Golden Age. Eastborn, England: Sumfield & Day. 1975. Parris, Leslie. Constable: A New York Private Collection. Supplement. New York: Published privately, 1998. 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); Mrs. Anna Maria Constable, by descent (in 1879, possibly held in trust for one of her children); sale, Bearnes and Waycotts, Torquay, 24 June 1969, no. 239, sold to Leger; [Leger Galleries, 1969–1971, sold to Homer]; T. W. B. Homer (1971–1981), sold to Leger; [Leger Galleries, in 1981]; private collection, sold to Leger Galleries, as agent for Manton, Oct. 1995; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1995–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.