JOHN CONSTABLE R.A.
(1776-1837)
CATTLE UNDER A LARGE OAK TREE
Pencil on paper
8 x 11.5 cm
Acquired by a Private Collector
Provenance
Probably Isabel Constable
Ella N. Mackinnon (the niece of Isabel Constable and the daughter of Capt. Charles Golding Constable)
Phillips and MacConnal
Private Collection, UK
Literature
Graham Reynolds, The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, New Haven, 1984, p.188, no. 27.48
John Constable rarely drew or painted oak trees. He seems to have preferred ash, elm, willow and poplar. The rare individuality of Constable's greatest pencil drawings convey through tone and line, scenes of intense power and finessed freedom.
