John Constable

Literature

introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 19
Katharine Baetjer, British paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875, New York; New Haven and London, 2009, nr. 117

Provenance

the artist, until died 1837
?his estate sale, Foster and Sons, London, 16 May 1838, nr. 30, to Archbutt
?Samuel Archbutt (1838-39)
his sale, Christie's, London, 13 April 1839, nr. 114, to Theobald
John Davis, Manchester and Wykin Hall, Hinckley, Leicestershire, until died 1881
E.J. Foxwell, Hinckley, until 1907
sale, Christie's, London, 20 April 1907, nr. 104, to Agnew
with Agnew, London, 1907, sold to Lee
A.H. Lee (from 1907)
Sir Joseph Beecham, 1st Baronet, London, by 1911-died 1916
his estate sale, Christie's, London, 3 May 1917, nr. 6, to Smith
with (?Eugene) Cremetti, London, until 1923, sold to Agnew and Knoedler
with Agnew and Knoedler, London, 1923, Agnew share sold to Knoedler
with Knoedler, New York, 1923-26, sold to Harkness
Edward S. Harkness, New York, 1926—died 1940
Mary Stillman (Mrs. Edward S.) Harkness, New York, 1940—died 1950
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 50.145.8

Other works by John Constable

Cloud study with birds in flight
1821

The Hay Wain
1821

West End Fields, Hampstead
c. 1822

The Salt Box, Hampstead
1821

Yarmouth Jetty
1822