Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Constable, 1776–1837, British

Formerly attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837, British
Title:
Golding Constable's Black Riding-Horse
Date:
between 1805 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
14 x 18 1/4 inches (35.6 x 46.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on a label on the back: "Sept 24, 1878 | Black Horse by | Constable bot. | of Mrs Newman Webb, | Daughter of Mrs. | Whalley, Constable's | sister, of East Bergholt, & is the Same that | Constable's Father | rode for many years. / | N.S. | Hadleigh | Suffolk"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.98
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
sky | animal art | animal | horse (animal) | landscape | trees
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
Publications:
Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, p. 232, no. 250, pl. 83, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Robert Hoozee, L'opera completa di Constable, 98, Rizzoli, Milano, Italy, 1979, p. 148, no. 607, NJ18 C74 A12 +H66 (YCBA)

Graham Reynolds, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 1996, p. 153 [v.1], 10.54, pl. 881 [v.2], NJ18 C74 R484 1996 + (YCBA)

Charles Rhyne, Constable Drawings and Watercolors in the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and the Yale Center for British Art, Part I. Authentic Works , Master Drawings, vol. 19, Master Drawings Association, Inc., 1981, p. 140, note 2, NC1 M37 19 (YCBA)

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 29, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Provenance:
Created by John Constable (1776-1837), the artist; by descent to his sister, Martha Whalley (née Constable, 1769-1845); by descent to her daughter, Alicia Newman Webb (née Whalley, 1808-1886); . . . [1]; acquired by J.F. Cutting [a]; purchased at auction by Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., London, England, at Christie, Manson & Woods, May 17, 1957 (lot 66), in "Pictures by old masters" [b]; purchased by Paul Mellon (1907-1999), 1963 [c]; by whom given to the Yale Center for British Art, 2000. Notes: --- [1] An inscription on the back of the panel reads "Sept 24, 1878 | Black Horse by | Constable bot. | of Mrs Newman Webb, | Daughter of Mrs. | Whalley, Constable's | sister, of East Bergholt, & is the Same that | Constable's Father | rode for many years. / | N.S. | Hadleigh | Suffolk" No collector matching "N.S." has yet been uncovered. Graham Reynolds gives N.S. as possibly "F (or N) D" in his catalogue raisonné, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996), 1:153, https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3892926. Citations: --- [a] Graham Reynolds, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 1996, p. 153 [v.1], 10.54 [b] Christie, Manson & Woods. May 17, 1957. Pictures by old masters, No.66 https://worldcat.org/en/title/171313704 [c] Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867: A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, Tate Publishing, London, 1978, p. 232, no. 250, pl. 83
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41280