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Shipping in the Thames
John Constable, born 1776 - died 1837 - Enlarge image
Shipping in the Thames
- Object:
Drawing
- Place of origin:
River Thames (drawn)
- Date:
April 1803 (drawn)
- Artist/Maker:
John Constable, born 1776 - died 1837 (drawn by)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pencil
- Museum number:
831-1888
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case WD, shelf 13
Physical description
A pencil drawing, roughly sketched, with a sailing boat in the forgeround on the left and a larger ship in the distance.
Place of Origin
River Thames (drawn)
Date
April 1803 (drawn)
Artist/maker
John Constable, born 1776 - died 1837 (drawn by)
Materials and Techniques
Pencil
Marks and inscriptions
M below a horn in a cartouche
On laid paper watermarked
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm, Width: 255 mm
Historical context note
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]
Descriptive line
John Constable, Shipping in the Thames, 1803, Reynolds cat. no. 45
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 48-51.
Materials
Pencil
Subjects depicted
Ships; Boats
Categories
Drawings
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
