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- Formally attributed to John Constable 1776–1837
- Medium
- Graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 203 × 270 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the Art Fund (Herbert Powell Bequest) 1967
- Reference
- T00968
Catalogue entry
T00968 The Downs
Pencil, 8×10 5/8 (20.3×27).
Prov: ...; Herbert Powell (1863–1950); entrusted with the rest of his collection to the National Art-Collections Fund 1929; presented to the Tate Gallery by the N.A.-C.F. from the Herbert Powell Bequest 1967. Accession No. T00968.
Exh: Tate Gallery 1930, with other works from the Powell Collection (no catalogue); the collection was extensively toured by the N.A.-C.F. 1931–62 (No.18 in catalogue published by the N.A.-C.F., n.d.).
It is not known how this drawing came to be attributed to Constable. Possibly a resemblance was seen to such drawings as ‘Weymouth Bay from the Downs’, now in the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (TG 1976 No.148, Fleming-Williams 1976, Pl.20), but, if so, the connection is very superficial.
Published in:
Leslie Parris, The Tate Gallery Constable Collection, London 1981