The Ruins of Netley Abbey

c. 1826

John Constable

Artist, British, 1776 - 1837

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper [1st state]

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.2 x 18.8 cm (5 3/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 22 x 30 cm (8 11/16 x 11 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1987.4.1

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1984

  • Graham Reynolds. The later paintings and drawings of John Constable. Yale Univ. Press, New Haven and London, 1984: no.26.25.

Inscriptions

in later hand, across bottom in graphite: Ruins of an Abbey by John Constable. Earlier than BM impression. It is before monogram at upper left / before birds in sky + before considerable crosshatching / etc on trees + new [curly] shading in left foreground

Watermarks

J Whatman Turkey Mill

Wikidata ID

Q74875980

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