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Created by John Constable (1776-1837), the artist; by descent to his daughter, Isabel Constable (1822-1888); purchased at auction by Wallis and Son, the French Gallery, 120 Pall Mall, London at Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England, June 17, 1892 (lot 224, ”Horses and Cart”), in “Works of the late John Constable, R.A.”[1]; purchased at auction by Sampson at Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England, November 18, 1898 (lot 131, ”Study of Horses and Cart”) in “Valuable stock of ancient and modern pictures and water-colour drawings of the continental schools of Messrs. Wallis & Son, of the French gallery, 120 Pall Mall” [2];...; acquired by Mrs. Waite; purchased at auction by Peel [?], Christie, Manson & Woods, June 9, 1933 (lot 28) in “Modern Pictures and Drawings” [3];...; acquired by Percy Moore Turner (1877-1950) [4]; by descent to his widow, Mabel Grace Wells Turner (1884-1978) [5]; purchased by John Baskett (1930-) at Sotheby’s, London, England, November 16, 1988 (lot 91, ‘A Farm Cart with Two Horses in Harness’) in “British Paintings 1500-1850”[6][7] on behalf of Paul Mellon (1907-1999); by whom given to the Yale Center for British Art, December 1999.

Citations:
[1] Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England, June 17, 1892 (lot 224, ”Horses and Cart”), in “Works of the late John Constable, R.A.”
[2] Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England, November 18, 1898 (lot 131, ”Study of Horses and Cart”) in “Valuable stock of ancient and modern pictures and water-colour drawings of the continental schools of Messrs. Wallis & Son, of the French gallery, 120 Pall Mall”
[3] Christie, Manson, and Woods, London, June 9, 1933, “Catalogue of Modern Pictures and Drawings, the Property of Mrs. Waite.”
[4] Graham Reynolds, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 1996, p. 199, 14.40, pl. 1185 (v.2)
[5] Ibid.
[6] Sotheby’s, London, England, November 16, 1988 (lot 91, ‘A Farm Cart with Two Horses in Harness’) in “British Paintings 1500-1850”
[7] John Baskett papers. Yale Center for British Art, Archives, John Baskett Ltd. stock book, 1967-1990, Box 1377, pp.149-150 [https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3080199]