Epsom Heath, 1806

Not on View

Medium

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

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Donald Stone

Accession Number

2022.40.5

Artists / Makers

John Constable (artist) British, 1776 - 1837

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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

Sadler, Michael, Sir
Sotheby's, London
Stone, Donald

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.