John Constable
The Tomb of James Gubbins, Epsom Churchyard

The Tomb of James Gubbins, Epsom Churchyard

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The Tomb of James Gubbins, Epsom Churchyard
ArtistBritish, 1776–1837
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The Tomb of James Gubbins, Epsom Churchyard
Date1816
MediumGraphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet (approximately): 7 1/16 × 4 7/16 in. (18 × 11.3 cm)
 Frame (inner): 8 15/16 × 6 1/2 in. (22.7 × 16.5 cm)
 Frame: 10 5/16 × 7 13/16 × 13/16 in. (26.2 × 19.9 × 2 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer, in memory of Margaret Cooke Skidmore
Object number2022.59
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe 28th Earl of Crawford (1900-1975); by descent to the present owner; private collection; [Guy Peppiatt, Fine Art, Ltd, London, as of 2022]; to the MFAH, 2022
Exhibition HistoryNone known for this work
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Epsom June 11. 1816
Verso: Inscribed in graphite: Beneath this stone are deposited/the mortal remains of/James Gubbins Esqr of Epsom/who departed this life on the/7th day of June 1814 - Aged 69. And it is/also inscribed to the memory of/his son Captn James Gubbins/of the 13th Dragoons who was killed/in the 18th of June 1815 - in the battle/of Waterloo in Flanders/Epsom 11th 1816

Fig. 1 John Constable, Epsom, verso of sheet.
Catalogue raisonnéReynolds

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