- Title:
Cloud Study with Trees [1984, Reynolds, The later paintings and drawings of John Constable, catalogue raisonné]
- Date:
- 1821
- Medium:
- Oil on paper on board
- Dimensions:
- 6 3/4 x 12 inches (17.1 x 30.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand on label removed from verso, in brown ink: "Sept 27th 1821, 10 morning, | fine morning after Rainey | night"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.152
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.152FR
- Subject Terms:
- blue | clouds | green (color) | meteorology | motion | pink (color) | science | texture | trees | white (color)
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:663
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