A river scene with vessel at sunset

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Artist/Maker	John Constable
Place of origin	England (made)

A watercolour and ink drawing, showing the front of a wooden boat in the foreground (left) and a wooden pole in front. Another boat is further down the bank. A river is in the distance with the opposite bank visible on the horizon.

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Category	Watercolours
Object type	Watercolour
Title	A river scene with vessel at sunset (popular title)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour Ink Pen Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	Watercolour, A river scene with vessel at sunset by John Constable, watercolour and ink, c.1796-9
Physical description	A watercolour and ink drawing, showing the front of a wooden boat in the foreground (left) and a wooden pole in front. Another boat is further down the bank. A river is in the distance with the opposite bank visible on the horizon.
Dimensions	Height: 20cm Width: 25.4cm
Marks and inscriptions	about 10 minutes before Sunset, all the foreground in shadow (Inscribed in pencil by the artist) very warm and glowing (Inscribed) sun tipt waves (Inscribed)
Credit line	Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
Bibliographic references	G. Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum: Catalogue of the Constable Collection, 1973, p. 37 Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number	16, plate 7 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	607-1888

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Record created	July 18, 2006
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126152/a-river-scene-with-vessel-watercolour-john-constable/

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