John Constable

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John Constable
1776-1837
Stoke Poges Church
1833
Brush and brown wash on paper.
sheet: 3 x 6 3/16 inches (76 x 157 mm)
Gift of Charles Ryskamp in honor of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Morgan Library and the 50th anniversary of the Association of Fellows.
2010.28
Inscription: 

Inscribed in pencil by the artist in the top right-hand corner: "July 6", and on the back: "The Church of Stoke Pogis--near Windsor in which Gray wrote the Elergy J. Constable R A to Mr Colvile Augst 23 1833".

Provenance: 
Given by the artist to Master Colvile; Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London; Eugene V. Thaw, New York; Charles Ryskamp, New York.
Associated names: 

Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Reynolds, Graham. The later paintings and drawings of John Constable. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 1984, no. 33.14.

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