Illustration to Stanza III of Grey’s Elegy, ‘Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower/ The moping owl doth to the moon complain’

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Artist John Constable (British, 1776–1837)British, 1776–1837

CultureBritish

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Illustration to Stanza III of Grey’s Elegy, ‘Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower/ The moping owl doth to the moon complain’

Date1833–1835

MediumGraphite and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsSheet (approximate): 4 7/8 × 7 1/2 in. (12.4 × 19 cm)

Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Kate Sayen Kirkland, and in memory of June Milton Stobaugh

Object number2022.81

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Prints and Drawings

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DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist, 1833/35, commissioned by John Martin (1791–1855); John Edward Martin (1822–1893), son of the above; by descent, until 2021; [Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd.], 2021–2022; purchased by the MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition History"Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, January 12–July 6, 2025
Published References This watercolor was not known until recently. Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2025) pp. 134 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Verso: Signed, dated, and inscribed in ink: John Constable, Nov 6 1833/For Mr Martin”

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Catalogue raisonnéReynolds (however this watercolor was not known to Reynolds)

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