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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.687
People
John Constable, British (E. Bergholt, England 1776 - 1837 London, England)
Title
Brighton Beach, with a Horse Turning a Capstan
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1824
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297929

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite, gray ink and gray wash, with scratchwork, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
18 x 26 cm (7 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: 10/18/1824

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.687
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Graham Reynolds, The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT and London, England, 1984), cat. no. 24.33, pl. 505

Exhibition History

  • The Age of Romanticism, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/15/1986 - 05/18/1986
  • Portrait, Prospect and Poetry: British Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Bequest, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/11/1993 - 11/07/1993

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