1st Jul, 2020 10:00
East Anglian, Fine Art & Antiques
1020
John Constable (1776-1837) pencil drawing
John Constable (1776-1837) pencil drawing on laid paper - Shipping Off The Kent Coast, 17.7cm x 25.2cm, in glazed gilt frame,
Provenance: M. Bernard, London; by whom sold in 1961 to the family of the previous owner.
Sotheby's, London, Old Master & British Drawings, 3rd July 2013, lot 182.
A. Clayton-Payne & Co. Ltd., Saville Row, 25th September 2017 where purchased by the current owner
It is understood that Constable created this drawing in the Spring of 1803 while on board the East Indiaman Coutts. The Ship’s captain, Robin Torin (1760-1824), was an old friend of Constable’s father and this may be why the young artist was allowed to spend nearly a month on board.
The Coutts sailed down the Thames to Gravesend, which is where Constable walked to Rochester Castle and travelled on to Chatham, where he recorded in a letter to his friend John Dunthorne (1770-1844) that he ‘hired a boat to see the men-of-war, which are here in great numbers’. Constable created a number of drawings of these vessels, many of which have been preserved in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
At the end of April Constable had returned to the Coutts at Gravesend and the voyage continued as they sailed on passed the Kentish Downs, at which point the weather turned stormy and the ship was forced to shelter for three days at North Foreland. Once they reached Deal, Constable, who was clearly flustered by the heavy seas, rapidly disembarked and headed for London.
NB: See Graham Reynolds, The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, Yale 1996, for similar works carried out during Constable's trip
Condition Report
Overall very good ready to hang condition. We understand that after the work was entered at Sotheby's it was then professionally restored by a paper conservator as Sotheby's original condition report mentions mount stains which have been removed. Some minor losses to the frame.
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