Old Master & British Works on Paper
Old Master & British Works on Paper
Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry
John Constable, R.A.
The artist's children playing 'the coach driver': probably John Charles Constable (1817-1847) and Maria Louisa (1819-1785), circa 1820
Lot Closed
July 8, 01:47 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry
John Constable, R.A.
East Bergholt, Suffolk 1776 - 1837 Hampstead
The artist's children playing 'the coach driver': probably John Charles Constable (1817-1847) and Maria Louisa (1819-1785), circa 1820
Watercolour and pen and brown ink;
inscribed in pen and ink: all this is entirely his own invention - a little mite inside
840 by 188 mm
Leonard Gordon Duke (1890-1972),
his sale, London, Sotheby's, 29 April 1971, lot 30
his sale, London, Sotheby's, 29 April 1971, lot 30
G. Reynolds, The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, London 1994, p. 132, no. 23.88
Eton, Eton College, 1948;
London, Guildhall Art Gallery, Constable Exhibition, 1952, no. 64;
Manchester, Manchester City Art Gallery, John Constable, 1956, no. 115;
Colchester, The Minories, 1958, no. 24;
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, A Peculiarly English Art, English Drawings and Watercolours, 1994, no. 4
London, Guildhall Art Gallery, Constable Exhibition, 1952, no. 64;
Manchester, Manchester City Art Gallery, John Constable, 1956, no. 115;
Colchester, The Minories, 1958, no. 24;
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, A Peculiarly English Art, English Drawings and Watercolours, 1994, no. 4