Miniature: Portrait of Abram Constable, brother of the artist
Date:
early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on board
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 3/4 × 2 inches (7 × 5.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso, typed: "PORTRAIT OF | ABRAHAM CONSTABLE BY HIS BROTHER | JOHN CONSTABLE R.A. WHO PAINTED | IT FOR ABRAHAM TO GIVE TO HIS | FINACEE: THIS IS BELIEVED TO | BE THE ONLY KNOWN PORTRAIT IN | MINIATURE BY JOHN CONSTABLE. | NO. 56 IN THE CATALOGUE OF THE | CENTERNARY EXHIBITION AT | WILDENSTEIN AND CO. NEW BOND | STREET, LONDON, S.W. 1. MAY 1937 | "JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. - HIS | ORIGINS AND INFLUENCES."."; Sticker on verso: "Goodin & Fox Ltd. | 38 BURY STREET | ST. JAMES'S | LONDON"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection