The Houses of Parliament after the Fire

30 Oct. 1834

Medium	pen and ink and watercolor on wove paper
Dimensions	3 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (9.6 x 16.5 cm)
Object Number	2007.20.3
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

John Constable, The Houses of Parliament after the Fire, 30 Oct. 1834, pen and ink and watercolor on wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.20.3

Select Bibliography

. John Constable, R.A.. Colchester Public Library, 1950-1951. 1950. Camberwell Borough Council. The Constable Family: Five Generations. Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, June - September 1954; South London Art Gallery, Camberwell, October 24-November 13, 1954; subsequent tour (Sunderland, etcc), 1954-55. South London Art Gallery. 1954. Pionk, Richard C. and Margaret Somers. Constable. Salmagundi Club, October 14 - November 2, 2000. New York, Salmagundi Club. 2000. Constable, Freda. John Constable: A Biography, 17761837. Lavenham: Dalton, 1975. 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. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.

Provenance

Lt. Col. John Hugh Constable, sold to Spink, after 1984; [Spink & Son, Ltd., London, sold to Manton, July 1987]; Sir Edwin A.G. Manton, New York (1987–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.