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Cloud Study

 (British, 1776–1837)
Dateca. 1822
MediumOil on paper, laid down on board
Dimensions11 1/2 × 19 in. (29.2 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Henrietta E.S. Lockwood in memory of her father and mother, Ellery Sedgwick and Mabel Cabot Sedgwick, 2000
Accession number2001.3.133
Commentary

This work belongs to a large series of oil studies in which Constable recorded the sky at various times of day and under different meteorological conditions. Working from direct observation in the open air, he captures the movement of the clouds and shifting light. In this study, downward strokes suggest the fall of rain from a dark cloud.

Collection History

Isabel Constable (?). C. R. Leslie sale, London, 1860 (?). William P. Frith. Paterson Gallery, London, 1928. Sir Farquhar Buzzard (?). Duveen. Henrietta E. S. Lockwood, New York. Bequeathed by her to The Frick Collection in 2001, in memory of her father and mother, Ellery Sedgwick and Mabel Cabot Sedgwick.

Source: The Frick Collection: Drawings, Prints & Later Acquisitions. Volume IX. New York: The Frick Collection, 2003.

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