Lionel Bicknell Constable
English, 1828–1887
Tree in a Landsdcape
c. 1850
| Medium | oil on cream wove paper, mounted on panel |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 13 3/16 x 10 1/4 in. (33.5 x 26.1 cm) Panel: 13 1/2 x 10 11/16 in. (34.3 x 27.2 cm) |
| Object Number | 2007.8.62 |
| Acquisition | Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Lionel Bicknell Constable, Tree in a Landsdcape, c. 1850, oil on cream wove paper, mounted on panel. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.62
Select Bibliography
Parris, Leslie. Constable: A New York Private Collection. New York: Published Privately, 1994.
Oscar & Peter Johnson Ltd. Quintessence of Civilisation. Lowndes Lodge Gallery, London, October 20-November 4, 1971. 1971.
Webber, Michael. "Constable work on show in London". 1971.
Rhyne, Charles. "Constable Drawing and Watercolors in the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and the Yale Center for British Art: Part II. Reattributed Works." Master Drawings. XIX, No. 4 (Winter 1981):391-425.
Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.
Lees, Sarah, ed. Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; New Haven and London: distributed by Yale University Press, 2012.
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Provenance
Sale, Christie’s, c. 1958, sold to Leggatt’s; [Leggatt’s, London, sold to Mason]; Wing Commander Keith Mason; [Oscar & Peter Johnson, Ltd., London, sold to Manton, 4 Nov. 1971]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1971–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–7, given to the Clark, as Dedham Vale); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.
