Museum number
2018.1
Object
Framed oil painting: Flatford Lock from the Bridge sketch by John Constable (1776–1837), oil on canvas c. 1814-1817.
Materials
Oil
On display?
No

Further description

Simple name
Painting
Dimensions
framed: 6cm (d) x 43cm (h) x 37cm (w)
Flatford Mill from the Bridge John Constable (1776-1837) Oil on canvas, between 1814 and 1817 This energetic little sketch depicts one of Constable’s favourite subjects, his father’s mill at Flatford. From around 1809, Constable began to paint rapid oil sketches from nature that captured a momentary effect and the constantly changing weather. Here, an angler sits on the bank in the shade of sunlit trees, silhouetted against the river as it reflects the sky. This study was one of many behind Constable’s first great ‘six-footer’, Scene on a Navigable River. Bequest, 2017 2018.1

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