A Seascape with Two Sail Boats

John Constable

Artist, British, 1776 - 1837

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite (in the sailboat at left) on beige laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11.4 x 18 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.99

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Spink & Son, Ltd., London). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 168 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, along top verso in graphite: ... (see similar drawings in [inscription is cut off by hinges]

Watermarks

crown?

Wikidata ID

Q64582180

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