John Constable
English, 1776–1837
Willy Lott's House
1802
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 13 1/4 × 16 3/4 in. (33.7 × 42.5 cm) Frame: 19 5/8 × 23 1/16 × 2 1/2 in. (49.8 × 58.6 × 6.4 cm) |
Object Number | 2013.10 |
Acquisition | Acquired by the Clark with support from the Manton Foundation, 2013 |
Status | On View |
Image Caption
John Constable, Willy Lott's House, 1802, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, Acquired by the Clark with support from the Manton Foundation, 2013.10
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Provenance
Sir William Richard Drake (1817-1890), London (his sale, Christie’s, London, 27-29 June 1891, no. 15, sold to Dowdeswell); [Probably Dowdeswell’s Gallery, London]; George Salting (1835-1909), London (by 1900-d. 1909); Lady Katherine Binning (1871-1922), his niece, by descent, Fenton House, London (1909-d.1952); George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington (1894-1986), her son, by descent, Mellerstain House, Borders, Scotland (1952-d.1986); John George Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington (1941-2016), his son, by descent, Mellerstain House, Borders, Scotland (sale, Sotheby’s, London, 15 July 1992, no. 52, bought in); private collection; [Lowell Libson, Ltd, sold to Clark Art Institute, 2013]; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2013.