Lot Essay
This drawing is taken from a sketchbook used by the artist on his honeymoon in 1816.
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Portland Roads
Details
John Constable, R.A. (1776-1837)
Portland Roads
with inscription 'Portlands/John Constable, R.A.' (on the reverse)
pencil
5 x 7 1/8 in. (12.8 x 18.2 cm.)
Portland Roads
with inscription 'Portlands/John Constable, R.A.' (on the reverse)
pencil
5 x 7 1/8 in. (12.8 x 18.2 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Frank Newson Smith, 1951.
R.B. Beckett, 1952.
Mrs N.F. Beckett; Sotheby's, London, 26 March 1975, lot 219 (£200 to the present owner).
R.B. Beckett, 1952.
Mrs N.F. Beckett; Sotheby's, London, 26 March 1975, lot 219 (£200 to the present owner).
Literature
G. Reynolds, The Early Painting and Drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London, 1996, p. 227, no. 16.70, pl. 1334.
Connoisseur, March 1952, p. 6.
Connoisseur, March 1952, p. 6.
Exhibited
Manchester, Manchester City Art Gallery, Constable Exhibition, 1956, no. 2089.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.