Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

unknown artist, nineteenth century

formerly John Constable, 1776–1837, British

Title:

Old Sarum in a Storm

Date:

1828

Materials & Techniques:

Watercolor over graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 5 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches (14.9 x 19.1 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and brown ink, upper right: "June 1828."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1975.4.1873

Classification:

Drawings & Watercolors

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Associated Places:

Currently On View:

Not on view

Publications:

A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours from the collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon of Upperville, Virginia, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, no. 39, N5247.M385 L62 (YCBA)

English drawings and watercolours, 1550-1850, in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon : Royal Academy of Arts, Diploma Galleries, 24th February-30 April 1973, Royal Academy of Arts, London, no. 115, NC228 L65 (YCBA)

Charles John Holmes, Constable and his influence on landscape painting, Archibald Constable and Company, Limited, Westminster, UK, 1902, p. 92, Folio A N80 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 87, no. 125, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, English drawings and watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 15-June 20,1965, , New Haven, 1965, no. 39, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8174