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

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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Illustration to Stanza III of Grey’s Elegy, ‘Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower/ The moping owl doth to the moon complain’
ArtistBritish, 1776–1837
CultureBritish
Titles
  • 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
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
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 HistoryN/A
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
(‘Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower/ The moping owl doth to the moon complain’)
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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