John Constable

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John Constable
1776-1837
A View of the Canal, Newbury
1821
Graphite and gray wash.
6 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches (171 x 255 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.37
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Watermark: fragment of J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1819. No beta radiograph made.

Inscription: 

Inscribed at lower left in pen and brown ink, "Newbury Berks / June 5. 1821".

Provenance: 
W.W. Winkworth; G.A. Lawrence; Baskett & Day, London; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Associated names: 

Winkworth, W. W., former owner.
Lawrence, G. A., former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 55, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw. Part II. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985, no. 34.
Reynolds, Graham. The later paintings and drawings of John Constable. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 1984, no. 21.22.

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