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Sky study with mauve clouds
Painter: Constable, John (Attributed to)
History note: Probably coll. Mrs Ella Mackinnon; bt. Henry Newson-Smith, about 1890, probably from Leggatt's Gallery, London; inherited by his son, Sir Frank Newson-Smith, Bart, 1898, his sale Christie's, 26 January 1951, lot 18 (with no. PD.7-1951 mounted together), bt. Agnew; bt. from Thos Agnew & Sons Ltd, London, together with no. PD.7-1951
From the Fairhaven Fund.
Height: 14.2 cm
Width: 22.2 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bought (1951) by Thomas Agnew and Sons Ltd
1821 - 1822
Probably by Lionel Constable [1828-1887].
Support composed of paper
Painting (image-making) : Oil on paper
Accession number: PD.8-1951
Primary reference Number: 827
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Sky study with mauve clouds" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/827 Accessed: 2023-06-06 10:16:12
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Accession Number: PD.222-1961
Accession Number: PD.160-1991
Accession Number: C.92-1934
Accession Number: O.138-1946
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