Studies of a Post and Anchors and of a Fisherman, Brighton

c. 1824–26

Medium	watercolor over graphite on wove paper (recto); graphite on white wove paper (verso)
Dimensions	Sheet: 3 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (9.4 x 14.9 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.41
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

John Constable, Studies of a Post and Anchors and of a Fisherman, Brighton, c. 1824–26, watercolor over graphite on wove paper (recto); graphite on white wove paper (verso). Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.41

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. Parris, Leslie and Ian Fleming-Williams. John Constable. Exhibition catalogue. London: Tate Publishing, 1991. 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

[Stephen Somerville, Ltd., London, sold to Harper, 1988]; Peter Harper (1988–after 1991, sold to Somerville); [Stephen Somerville, Ltd., London, sold to Spink]; [Spink-Leger Pictures, sold to Manton, Feb. 1998]; 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.