Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 20 November 1964, lot 3 (as 'A view of Littleworth Mill'), presumably where purchased by the late Dr. and Mrs W. Katz, and thence by descent to the present owners

Literature
G. Reynolds, The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London, 1996, p. 277, cat. no. 35.16, ill., pl. 1001

This drawing is on a sheet of the larger sketch book of 1833 Whatman paper that Constable used on his trips to Arundel and Worcester in 1835. He and his children John Charles and Maria went to stay at Arundel in July of that year, their host was the brewer, amateur artist and collector George Constable who, despite the name, was not actually related to them.

These late drawings are characterised by broad, sweeping strokes of the pencil punctuated with dots and jabbing marks that gives them a great sense of energy. They are among the last studies he was to make from nature in any medium.

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