Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Constable, 1776–1837, British
Title:
A Country Girl in the Lake District
Date:
1806
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches (17.1 x 7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper center: "John Constable R.A. | Country Girl | Lake District | 1806 | Cf V&A Cat. | Purchased from Churlin April 5 1962 | by A. M."; in graphite, verso, center: "95"; in graphite, verso, lower center: "63-3" in graphite, verso, lower right: "73"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.234
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
country (rural landscape) | genre subject | figure study | girl
Associated Places:
Europe | United Kingdom | England | Lake District | Cumbria
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
English Romanticism (Center Gallery, Bucknell University, 1990-02-24 - 1990-04-08)
Publications:
Graham Reynolds, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 1996, p. 108 (v.1), no. 6.259, pl. 633 [v.2], NJ18 C74 R484 1996 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8061