Provenance
The artist's granddaughter, Ella Nafeeseh Constable Mackinnon [1865-1934, Mrs. Ivan Mackinnon]; Sir Henry Newson-Smith [1854-1898];[1] by inheritance to his son, Sir Frank Newson-Smith, 1st baronet [1879-1971], London; (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 26 January 1951, no. 31, as _A Stormy Sunset_); (Leggatt Gallery, London).[2] (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London); private collection; (Salander O'Reilly Galleries, New York); purchased 23 February 1998 by NGA.
[1] According to the R.B. Beckett Papers in the Tate Archive (uncatalogued as of August 2019), Mrs. Mackinnon sold a group of works by her grandfather through the dealer Leggatt in the 1890s to Newson-Smith; see Tate Britain's catalogue entry for a pencil drawing by the artist's son, Lionel Bicknell Constable: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/constable-near-stoke-by-nayland-t01258 (accessed 3 September 2019). Newson-Smith also purchased Mrs. Mackinnon's house in Ramsgate, England, and works by Constable were found there.
[2] Leggatt is recorded as the buyer in an annotated copy of the auction catalogue in the NGA Library; copy in NGA curatorial files.
Accession Number
1998.20.1
Medium
oil on paper on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 20.3 × 27.3 cm (8 × 10 3/4 in.) | framed: 33.97 × 41.91 × 8.57 cm (13 3/8 × 16 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Louise Mellon in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon