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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Artist John Constable British, 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

MediumWatercolor 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

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Special Collections

The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist, 1833–1835; Private collection, England; [Yarker-Libson Fine Art Ltd, London, as of 2022]; purchased by 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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