John Constable, R.A. (1776-1837)

Jaques and the wounded Stag

Details

John Constable, R.A. (1776-1837)
Jaques and the wounded Stag
pencil, watermark 'J WHATMAN TURKEY MILLS 1826'
9¼ x 12¾ in. (23.5 x 32.5 cm.)

Provenance

with the Levine Gallery, London, late 1950s.

Literature

G. Reynolds, The Later Paintings and Drawings by John Constable, New Haven and London, 1984, p. 236, no. 32.11, pl. 824.
I. Fleming-Williams, Constable and his Drawings, London, 1990,
p. 301.

Lot Essay

This is probably the first preparatory study for the finished work exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1832, no. 492 (G. Reynolds, loc.cit., no. 32.9, perhaps to be identified with the watercolour no. 32.10, pl. 823). Constable returned to the subject in 1835 in a series of upright wash drawings for a publication of The Seven Ages of Shakespeare; see previous lot.

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