John Constable
Illustration to Stanza XI of Grey’s Elegy, ‘Can storied urn or animated bust/ Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?'
Artist
John Constable British, 1776–1837
CultureBritish
Titles
- Illustration to Stanza XI of Grey’s Elegy, ‘Can storied urn or animated bust/ Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?'
Date1833–35
MediumWatercolor on wove paper
DimensionsSheet (approximate): 4 3/4 × 6 9/16 in. (12 × 16.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Halbert Stuart Koelsch
Object number2022.83
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryN/A
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Signed: John Constable RA
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Catalogue raisonnéReynolds (however this watercolor was not known to Reynolds)
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