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Artist Constable, John, 1776-1837.
Title The Hay Wain.
Date 1821.
Description Graphic reproduction(s) with documentation of a painting.
Dimensions/Medium 130.5 x 185.5 cm.
oil on canvas.


Location Call Number Vol./Copy Status Information
 Frick Photoarchive Items  Constable, John 218-12b    NON-REQUESTABLE
Provenance (j) John Arrowsmith in 1824;
(j) sold to a French collector in 1825 (i) with two other paintings for £250;
(i and j) Sale, M. Lacoste in association with M. Henry, Paris, Madame Preponnier and Other Collections, March 31 - April 1, 1828 (no lot number) (2,300 francs to J.F. Boursault);
(j) bought by Henry Artraria for Edmund Higginson c.1838;
(j) Sale, Christie's, London, June 4, 1846, lot 77 (to Rought);
(j) collection of D.T. White;
(j) George Young by 1853;
(i and j) Sale, Christie's, London, George Young and Other Collections, May 19, 1866, lot 25 (1,300 guineas);
(i and j) Henry Vaughan collection;
(i and j) presented to the National Gallery of Art, London, by Henry Vaughan in 1886 (1207).
Current repository National Gallery, London, England, Presented by Henry Vaughan in 1886, NG1207, public.
Subject (j) The subject depicted is Willy Lot's house and farm on the Flatford mill-stream.
Images Photograph, National Gallery, London, photograph 1207 Purchase National Gallery, London 10/23/1947
Photograph, Bulloz, Paris 22 Purchase Mme Brière 2/6/1939
Publication, Chicago, Art Institute. Masterpieces of English Painting: William Hogarth, John Constable, J.M.W. Turner [trav. exh.]. Comp. Hans Huth. October 15 - December 15, 1946 frontispiece (color)
Publication, Craven, Thomas. A Treasury of Art Masterpieces, from the Renaissance to the Present Day. New York, 1939 pl.104 (color)
Publication, Calendario Artistico 1964: Pittura Europea del Settecento, Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, Bergamo December 21-27 (color) (after cleaning?)
Postcard, National Gallery of Art, London (color)
Publication, Digital print from the Web Gallery of Art, April 2008 (color)
Inscriptions/Markings Signed and dated: "JOHN CONSTABLE PINXT. LONDON 1821".
Exhibitions (i and j) London, Royal Academy, 1821 (339) (as "Landscape: Noon"); (i and j) Paris, Salon, 1824 (358) (awarded Gold Medal); (i and j) British Institution, 1853 (163); (i and j) London, South Kensington, International Exhibition, 1862 (267) (lent by George Young); (i and j) London, Royal Academy, 1871 (16) (lent by Henry Vaughan); (i) London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1871 (39); (i) London International Exhibition, 1874 (62); (i and j) London, Royal Academy, 1886 (153) (lent by Henry Vaughan); (i) Chicago, 1946 (21) (lent by the National Gallery, London); (i) New York, 1947 (21) (lent by the National Gallery, London); (i) London, Tate Gallery, 1937 (45); (i) Paris, Louvre Museum, 1938 (22); (i) London, Royal Academy, 1951-1952 (215).
Sources (i) Information from Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchive.
(j) Reynolds, Graham. The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable. New Haven and London, 1984, v.1, p.67 (21.1).
LC subject Constable, John, 1776-1837.
Art, British.
Other subject Landscapes: With water: With buildings, figures and animals.
Form British School.
Paintings (visual works)
Reproductions.
Related corporate bodies National Gallery (Great Britain)
Frick Art Reference Library.
Frick artist name form Constable, John, 1776-1837.
Variant title Landscape: Noon

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