John Constable
Illustration to Stanza V of Grey’s Elegy, ‘The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn/ The swallow twitt’ring from the straw-built shed’

Illustration to Stanza V of Grey’s Elegy, ‘The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn/ The swallow twitt’ring from the straw-built shed’

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Illustration to Stanza V of Grey’s Elegy, ‘The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn/ The swallow twitt’ring from the straw-built shed’
ArtistBritish, 1776–1837
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Illustration to Stanza V of Grey’s Elegy, ‘The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn/ The swallow twitt’ring from the straw-built shed’
Date1833–1835
MediumGraphite and watercolor with scratching out on wove paper
DimensionsSheet (approximate): 5 3/8 × 7 in. (13.6 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in memory of Pauline Ella Smith and in honor of Mollie Harlow Zumwalt
Object number2022.82
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
(‘The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn/ The swallow twitt’ring from the straw-built shed’)
Verso: None

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

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