John Constable

Verso: a preliminary draft, in the artist's hand, of the proposed text for the mezzotint of Spring

Provenance

Alfred Lucas, brother of David Lucas, from whom purchased by
E.E. Leggatt
R.B. Beckett Collection, UK, by 1956, from whom acquired by the late Dr and Mrs W Katz in 1965, and thence by descent
Sale Bonhams, London, 10 April 2019, nr. 249

Other works by John Constable

Flatford Old Bridge and Bridge Cottage

View on the Orwell near Ipswich
1815

Design for the frontispiece of English Landscape Scenery
1832

The boat house at Flatford: a study for 'The White Horse'

Scene on Brighton Beach