By Kind Permission of Lancaster University Library
By Kind Permission of Lancaster University Library
Turner 's Constance [Lake Lucerne], watercolour, 1842, York City Art Gallery ( Wilton 1531).
J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851
Constance 1842
Watercolour, 30.4x45.4cm
Provenance: T. Griffith, who sold to John Ruskin, 1843; Agnew, 1900; J. Irvine Smith, who sold to Agnew, 1903; R.E. Tatham, sale Christie 29/2/1908 (86), bt. Agnew; Sir Joseph Beecham, ssale Christie 3/5/1917 (146), bt. Agnew; Sir Jeremiah Colman; by descent; ?acquired by York City Art Gallery
Further Comments: This work is based on a sample study of the same title of c.1841-2, which is now in the Tate Gallery. It was T. Griffith who sold the painting to Ruskin, but in some books, Ruskin is catalogued as the first owner, as he later falsely claimed that the work had been drawn especially for him!
Collection: York City Art Gallery, UK