John Constable R.A. (Suffolk 1776-1837 Hampstead)


Languard Fort, near Felixstowe pencil and grey wash on laid paper16.2 x 32cm (6 3/8 x 12 5/8in).
|ProvenanceWith Leggatt, London, where purchased by the late Dr and Mrs W Katz in 1943, and thence by descentExhibitedTate, London, Constable Paintings, Watercolours & Drawings, 1976, cat. no. 37 LiteratureL. Parris, I. Fleming-Williams and C. Shields, Constable Paintings, Watercolours & Drawings, exh. cat., London, 1976, pp. 51-2, cat. no. 37 G. Reynolds, The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London, 1996, p. 52, cat. no. 03.57, ill. pl. 211Similarities can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum's watercolour of View over the Thames and Medway, from Constable's trip along the Kent coast in 1803. However, the present view must be near Felixstowe as Walton Tower is just visible in the distance.