The Lock: PD.11-1951

Materials used in production

Sepia wash
White bodycolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Centre Sheet Height 257 mm Width 311 mm
Left Sheet Height 257 mm Width 56 mm
Overall Size Height 287 mm Width 364 mm
Top Sheet Height 33 mm Width 364 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Reed pen and sepia wash, graphite and traces of white heightening, on paper (paper creased in centre with two additional strips of paper added)

References and bibliographic entries

• Original Drawings by British Painters in the Collection of J.P.H.
• John Constable, R.A.
• (Unknown) page(s): 71 ff
• The Lock as a theme in the work of John Constable page(s): 128 ff
• Constable Landscape Watercolours and Drawings page(s): 92
• John Constable R.A., 1776-1837; A Catalogue of Drawings and Watercolours with a selection of Mezzotints by David Lucas after Constable for 'English Landscape Scenery', in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 98-101
• The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable
• John Constable page(s): 193

Related exhibitions

• (?Whitechapel, 1906)
• John Constable R.A.: his origins and influence
• Treasures of Cambridge
• John Constable R.A., English Landscape Scenery
• Koreanische Tage
• Constable, le choix de Lucian Freud
• John Constable: The Lessons of Landscape

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1951
Primary reference Number: 14961
Lugt: 1508
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Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints