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Summary

John Constable: English: The Lock (

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Artist



Description	English painter, landscape painter, architectural draftsperson, visual artist and artist
Date of birth/death	11 June 1776	31 March 1837
Location of birth/death	East Bergholt (Suffolk)	London
Work location	London; Dedham; Hampton; Lavenham
Authority file	: Q159297 VIAF: 17265725 ISNI: 0000000122770039 ULAN: 500115382 LCCN: n80007977 NLA: 35030672 WorldCat

Title

English: The Lock

Object type

painting

Description

English: A view of Flatford Lock on the Stour river painted by John Constable, the second (Foster) version, in a private collection since 1855 and offered for sale at Sotheby's London 9 December 2015.

Date

1825

Medium

oil on canvas, unlined

Dimensions

height: 139.7 cm (55 in); width: 122 cm (48 in)

Collection

Private collection

Object history

The artist's sale, London, Foster's, 15-16 May 1838, lot 76, to Charles Birch for £131.5.0;
His sale, London, Foster's, 15 February 1855, lot 18, to W. Orme Foster, for £903;
William Orme Foster (1814–1900), at 6 Belgrave Square from 1855 to 1900, and later at Apley Park, Shropshire;
By descent to his grandson, Major Arthur William Foster (1884–1960);
By inheritance to his nephew, Major-General Edward Henry Goulburn (1903–1980);
By inheritance to his cousin, the father of the present owners.

Exhibition history

Brussels, Exposition National des Beaux Arts, 1833 (as 'A Barge passing a Lock');
Worcester Institution, 1834, no. 141 (as 'Landscape – a barge passing a Lock on the Stour');
Birmingham, Society of Artists, 1838, no. 42;
Manchester, Art Treasures Exhibition, 1857, no. 298 (lent by W. O. Foster);
Wrexham, Museum and Art Gallery, 1876, no. 283 (lent by Mr Foster of Apley);
Birmingham, Museum and Art Gallery, Works of Art from Midland Homes, 1953, no. 5;
London, Tate Gallery, Bicentenary Exhibition, 1976, no. 312;
Manchester, City Art Gallery, 2007;
On loan to Tate Britain, London, April 2013 – August 2014.
Sold at Sotheby's London 9 December 2015 on its low estimate realizing £9,109,000 including hammer price and buyer's premium.

Inscriptions

inscribed on an old label, verso, in the artist's hand: Landscape: Barge passing a Lock / J. Constable R.A. 35 Charlotte St / London

Notes

English: This is the second of two versions of the painting, part of his monumental "six-footer" series of views of the Stour valley which many regard as the pinnacle of Constable's career. The view of the lock at Flatford mill is the fifth in the series and the only one for which Constable made a second copy, although later in his career he commonly made copies of his most popular paintings, as he did for example with his views of Salisbury Cathedral.
The painting remained in Constable's possession until his death, when it was auctioned as part of his 1838 studio sale at Foster's London (hence its name, but it also subsequently passed into the hands of the Foster family). It was the version used by David Lucas for his popular 1834 mezzotint.

References

Daily Telegraph 26 September 2015
A. Lyles et al., Constable. The Great Landscapes, Tate exhibition catalogue, London 2006, p. 154;

Source/Photographer

Sotheby's cropped of its frame and the frame shadow without further processing

Other versions

First (1824) Morrison version
1834 mezzotint by David Lucas
A Sketch in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
A study in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

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