Epsom Heath

1806

John Constable

Artist, British, 1776 - 1837

John Constable

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brown, gray, and green watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Donald Stone

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.5 × 24 cm (6 1/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
    mount: 21.3 × 30 cm (8 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.40.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Michael Sadler, Oxford [1861-1943]. (sale, Sotheby's London, 14 July 1994, no. 101). Donald Stone, New York [1942 - 2020]; bequest to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1929

  • Unknown Exhibition, Institute of Art Resaearch, Tokyo, 1929

1958

  • Exhibition of Early English Watercolours, Leeds City Art Gallery, 1958, no. 9.

1976

  • John Constable, Tate Gallery, London, 1976, no. 68.

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

1990

  • Fleming-Williams, Ian. Constable and His Drawings. London, 1990: fig. 73.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Epsom. Aug.st 6th 1806.; on verso: sketch of a woman's head and bells; lower left in graphite, later reinforced: This is done with my 3 Colours & Bistre / Epsom Commons 6. August 1806

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