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Shipping in the Thames

Watercolour
April 1803 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A watercolour in pencil and wash, roughly sketched, showing a row of ships on the horizon and a smaller boat in front.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleShipping in the Thames (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Watercolour, Shipping in the Thames by John Constable, watercolour and pencil, 1803
Physical description
A watercolour in pencil and wash, roughly sketched, showing a row of ships on the horizon and a smaller boat in front.
Dimensions
  • Height: 193mm
  • Width: 316mm
Marks and inscriptions
T WICKWAR 1801 (On laid paper watermarked)
Historical context
In 1803 Constable exhibited four works at the Royal Academy. In April he made the trip from London to Deal in the East Indiaman Coutts. He took leave of Farington before going into Essex on 20 June (Greig, Vol. II, p. 111).

[G Reynolds]
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 48-51.
Other number
44 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
808-1888

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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