John Constable

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John Constable
1776-1837
Landscape with Clump of Trees by a Stream
Pencil on paper.
6 1/16 x 7 15/16 inches (155 x 203 mm)
Gift of Mr. Kenneth A. Lohf.
1983.77

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Watermark: none.
Perhaps related to the 1835 sketches executed at Fittleworth now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, as suggested by a modern inscription on the verso.

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Inscribed on verso, at upper left, in pencil, "John Constable / See Fittleworth Sketchbook at British Museum".

Provenance: 
The Drawing Shop, New York; Kenneth A. Lohf.
Associated names: 

Lohf, Kenneth A., former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 249.
Early English Drawings and Watercolors, The Drawing Shop, New York, 1963, no. 51.

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