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Guisborough Priory, after Girtin

Drawing
c. 1801-1805 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Constable (drawn by)

Pencil drawing of church ruins.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Landscapes
Object type
drawing
TitleGuisborough Priory, after Girtin (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil on carse laid paper, much foxed.
Pencil
Laid Paper
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawing, Ruins of a Church, by John Constable, pencil on paper, c.1792-3?
Physical description
Pencil drawing of church ruins.
Dimensions
  • Height: 152mm
  • Width: 230mm
Subjects depicted
Ruins
Church
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, p. 54
  • 'The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable', Graham Reynolds, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, Yale Universtiry Press New Haven and London, 1996, p.67
Other numbers
  • 62 - Reynolds catalogue no.
  • 05.56 - Reynolds catalogue 1996
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
280-1888

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Record createdJune 15, 2009
Record URL
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