Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Constable, 1776–1837, British
Title:
Dawn
Date:
between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brown wash on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/4 x 4 3/8 inches (5.7 x 11.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and dark brown ink, verso: "dinner on Tuesday | at six o'clock. | I should have answered your polite note sooner"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4972
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | dawn
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
John Constable: The Late work (Royal Academy of Arts, 2021-10-30 - 2022-02-13)

Art by Chance - Fortuitous Impressions (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1989-07-22 - 1989-09-03)
Publications:
Anne Lyles, Late Constable, Royal Academy of Arts, London, p. 120, no. 51, NJ18.C74 A12 2021 Oversize (YCBA)

Graham Reynolds, The later paintings and drawings of John Constable, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1984, 33.46, NJ18 C74 R485 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8095