John Constable, 1776–1837, Britishafter Claude Gellée, 1600–1682, French
Title:
Trees and Deer
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash on medium, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/8 x 7 7/8 inches (28.9 x 20 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso, lower right: "Copied by J. Constable RA. from a drawing by (as | -it is said) Claude Lorraine. | done at Hooke's Cottage | Hampd. July | 1825."; in graphite, verso, lower right: "Copied from a drawing by Claude Lorraine | left to Sir Thos Lawrence | Hampstead July 1 1825"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5223
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
deer | landscape | forest | trees
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Constable - Impressions of Land, Sea and Sky (National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, 2006-07-07 - 2006-10-08)Constable - Impressions of Land, Sea and Sky (National Gallery of Australia, 2006-03-03 - 2006-06-12)The Pastoral Landscape - The Legacy of Venice (National Gallery of Art, 1988-11-06 - 1989-01-22)Creative Copies - Master Drawings from Michelangelo to Picasso (The Drawing Center, 1988-04-09 - 1988-07-23)English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Michael Kitson, John Constable at the Tate, Burlington Magazine, vol. 118, no. 877, April, 1976, pp. 249, 251, fig. 67, N1 B87 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)Michael Rosenthal, Constable, the painter and his landscape, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1983, pp. 149-50, fig. 186, NJ18 C74 R68 OVERSIZE (YCBA)