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A bridge over the Stour

Watercolour
ca. 1800-5 (watercolour)
Artist/Maker

Watercolour with pencil drawing, showing a bridge over a stream.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA bridge over the Stour (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pencil
Brief description
Watercolour, A bridge over the Stour, by John Constable, c.1800-5
Physical description
Watercolour with pencil drawing, showing a bridge over a stream.
Dimensions
  • Height: 171mm
  • Width: 221mm
Historical context
In 1805 Constable exhibited 'A Landscape: Moonlight' at the Royal Academy. According to an unpublished entry in the Diary, he called on Farington on 1 June to say that he had been engaged to paint an altarpiece for a country church. This picture was probably the altarpiece for Brantham Curch which Leslie assigns to the previous year (Beckett, I, pp. 18-9)

G Reynolds, 1973, p. 52.
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 52-54.
Other number
59 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
593-1888

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Record createdJune 12, 2009
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