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Creator:
John Constable, 1776–1837
Title:
Barge below Flatford Lock [2001, The Paul Mellon Bequest: Treasures of a Lifetime, exhibition catalogue]
Former Title(s):
Flatford Lock
Date:
ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
7 11/16 × 12 1/4 inches (19.5 × 31.1 cm), Frame: 10 1/4 × 14 3/4 inches (26 × 37.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on verso, upper tacking edge: “Lined 1846 now [in the] possession of L Constable”

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.238
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Link to Frame:
B2001.2.238FR
Subject Terms:
barge | canal | clouds | horse (animal) | landscape | sky | water
Associated Places:
England | Flatford | Stour | Suffolk | United Kingdom
Access:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38537
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Created by John Constable (1776-1837), the artist; by descent to his son, Lionel Bicknell Constable (1828-1887) [1]; by descent to his sister, Isabel Constable (1822-1888); purchased at auction by Leggatt Brothers Ltd., London, England, at Christie, Manson & Woods, June 17, 1892 (lot 246, 'Flatford Lock, with barge'), in "Works of the late John Constable, R.A" [a]; acquired by Leicester Galleries, London; purchased by Burton Mansfield (1856-1933), New Haven, CT, 1906 [b]; purchased by Leo Elwyn & Co. at American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, April 7, 1933 (lot 8, 'Flatford Lock'), in "Choice oil paintings" [c]; acquired by private collection, New York [2]; purchased at auction by Davis & Long Company at Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, May 29, 1980 (lot 4, 'Flatford Lock'), in "19th century European paintings" for Paul Mellon (1907-1999) [d]; by whom given to the Yale Center for British Art, 1999.

Notes:
[1] Per an inscription on the upper verso of the canvas that reads "Lined 1846 now [in the] possession of L Constable."

[2] The object "was consigned for sale among a quantity of minor pictures from the estate of the woman who bought it in 1933," according to Geraldine Norman, "Three 'lost' works by Constable found," The Times (London, England), May 29, 1980, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS68257469/TTDA?u=29002&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=528a6b1b.

Citations:
[a] Christie, Manson & Woods. June 17, 1892. Works of the late John Constable, R.A. https://doi.org/10.1163/2210-7886_ASC-50958

[b] Per Graham Reynolds, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996), 1:150, https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3892926

[c] American Art Association. April 7, 1933. Choice oil paintings ... from the collection of the late Burton Mansfield. https://archive.org/details/choiceoilpaintin00amer/page/2

[d] Sotheby Parke-Bernet. May 29, 1980. 19th century European paintings. https://worldcat.org/en/title/171368296

The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Ian Fleming-Williams, John Constable at Flatford, Connoisseur, v. 204, no. 821, July 1980, pp. 217-19, fig. 4, N1 C75 204 + (YCBA) [YCBA]

James Hamilton, Constable : a portrait, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, p. 128, after p. 138, , pl. 16, NJ18.C74 H36 2022 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Robert Hoozee, L'opera completa di Constable, 98, Rizzoli, Milano, Italy, 1979, pp. 97-98, no. 119, NJ18 C74 A12 +H66 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Leslie Parris, Constable : pictures from the exhibition, , Tate Publishing, London, UK, 1991, p.22, pl. 15, NJ18 C74 P373 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Leslie Parris, Constable, Tate Publishing, London, UK, 1991, pp. 120-22, No. 49, pl. 49, NJ18 C74 P372 1991 + (YCBA) [YCBA]

Graham Reynolds, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 1996, p. 150 [v.1], 10.37, pl. 864 [v.2], NJ18 C74 R484 1996 + (YCBA) [YCBA]

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 30, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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