© Southampton City Art Gallery
View of Southampton Showing the Town Quay and the Anchorage from the Platform
Artist: John Constable (1776 - 1837)
Location: Southampton City Art Gallery
Date: 1816
Materials: pencil
Dimensions: 11 x 18 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £800 (Total: £8,500)
Vendor: Agnew's
Review number: 2796 (1979)
Provenance:
Mary Christina Hornby; by descent to Lawrence of Crewkerne.
Description:
One of 15 sketches by Constable which were removed from the recently discovered Hornby Album and sold at Crewkerne. This drawing comes from the larger of 2 sketchbooks used by Constable in 1816 and belongs to a group of pages which he apparently removed and mounted on larger sheets. Shows the Town Quay and Anchorage from the Platform, which no longer exist.
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