Lot 61: Lionel Constable

Lionel Constable
1828-1887
a view in kent
oil on panel, in a carved wood frame
25 by 31 cm., 9 3/4 by 12 1/4 in.
Lionel Constable painted four versions of this subject. Two were exhibited at the Tate Gallery in 1982 (one from David Thomson's collection and one formerly in the collection of Percy Moore Turner) and the third was sold at Sotheby's on 24th November 1999 for £9500. It has been suggested that the view is taken from a point close to Hythe looking towards Tolsford Hill and Summerhouse Hill.
Provenance:
Lady Eden
Exhibited:
Wildenstein, New Bond Street, John Constable, his origins and influence, May, 1937, no.23
Literature:
Leslie Parris and Ian Fleming-Williams, Lionel Constable, catalogue to the Tate Gallery exhibition, 1982, p.90