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JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT, SUFFOLK 1776-1837 HAMPSTEAD)

Lot 191
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Lot 191 | JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT, SUFFOLK 1776-1837 HAMPSTEAD)
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JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT, SUFFOLK 1776-1837 HAMPSTEAD)

Portrait of the Reverend Dr. John Wingfield (1760-1825), Canon of Worcester Cathedral, half-length, in a black gown and white bands

signed and dated 'John Constable / pinxit 1818.' (strengthened, center left)

oil on canvas

30 x 25 1⁄8 in. (76.2 x 64 cm.)





Provenance

General Wingfield, and by descent to his nephew,

T.W. Willink, and by whom sold,

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 November 1920, lot 38 (to Brown).

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 February 1936, lot 69 (to Leeds).

Professor William George Constable (1887-1976), Boston, and by descent to the present owner.



Literature

C.R. Leslie, Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, R.A., A. Shirley, ed., London, 1937, p. LXXVII, no. 221.

G. Reynolds, The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London, 1984, pp. 17-18, no. 18.9, pl. 36.



Exhibited

Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Paintings, Drawings and Prints by J.M.W. Turner, John Constable, R.P. Bonington, 21 March-28 April 1946, no.128.

London, National Portrait Gallery, Constable Portraits: The Painter & His Circle, 5 March-14 June 2009, no. 33.
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