Study of Clouds, October 1863
Study of Clouds, October 1863
Study of Clouds, October 1863Inscribed lower right: Oct 1863Watercolour on wove paper watermarked: J WHATMAN/185319.4 by 39.7 cm., 7 ½ by 15 ¼ in.This on-the-spot sketch is traditionally attributed to John Constable's youngest child Lionel Bicknell Constable, although it does not directly relate stylistically to any known work by him. Lionel taught himself to paint by studying his father's work and was probably the most talented of his siblings exhibiting at the Royal Academy and British Institution. His work is sometimes mistaken for his father's.){kind=link}
Attributed to Lionel Constable (1828-1884)
Study of Clouds, October 1863
Inscribed lower right: Oct 1863
Watercolour on wove paper watermarked: J WHATMAN/1853
19.4 by 39.7 cm., 7 ½ by 15 ¼ in.
This on-the-spot sketch is traditionally attributed to John Constable's youngest child Lionel Bicknell Constable, although it does not directly relate stylistically to any known work by him. Lionel taught himself to paint by studying his father's work and was probably the most talented of his siblings exhibiting at the Royal Academy and British Institution. His work is sometimes mistaken for his father's.