John Constable (Manner), Landscape & River Scene trees There’s no sense of urgency

There’s no sense of urgency here

206 achieved at a Danish auction for ‘Parti af Landsbyen Kragholm paa Faareveildgods paa Langeland’

Signed on the left and housed within a later frame

the Danish Royal Family acquired one of his works and six years later granted him a five-year stipend

John Constable (Manner), Landscape & River Scene trees There’s no sense of urgencyIn May 1914, this extensive early 19th century view across a broad winding river was sold via Mr Charles A Joel, auctioneer, at a much publicised sale in Newcastle. It was offered as a fully attributed work by the great John Constable RA (1776 1837). The sale was following the death of Joseph Ainsley Davidson Shipley (1822 1909), a solicitor and avid art collector from Gateshead, who amassed a collection of over 2,000 pictures. Aside from several