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The White Horse: 899.8

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The White Horse

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Constable, John

Entities

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Notes

History note: Isabel Constable Sale, Christie's, 17 June 1892, lot 142 (with Nos. 3432, 899.9 and 899.10); bt. C. Fairfax Murray for £4.4s.0d

Measurements and weight

Height: 109 mm
Width: 143 mm

Relative size of this object

14.3 m10.9 m What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1917-11) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

Production date: AD 1819

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Grey wash
Black ink
Brown ink
Brown wash
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Graphite, brown and black ink with brown and grey wash on paper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: in Constble's hand

  • Text: 4 feet 6 inches
  • Location: Recto, in drawing of frame
  • Method of creation: Ink

Inscription present: in Constable's hand

  • Text: 3 feet 3 inches
  • Location: Recto, in drawing of frame, vertically
  • Method of creation: Ink

Inscription present: in Constable's hand

  • Text: 6.2 / 4.8
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink

Inscription present: in Constable's hand

  • Text: Case
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink

Inscription present: in a later hand

  • Text: The White Horse
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 899.8
Primary reference Number: 14959

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The White Horse" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14959 Accessed: 2023-01-28 04:08:33

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