A barge on the Stour
Watercolour
ca. 1832 (painted)
ca. 1832 (painted)
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Navigable rivers and canals were crucial to Constable's father's business of trading and transporting coal on and around the River Stour. Constable frequently depicted them as working waterways. Here we see a horse pulling a barge. The use of colour is particularly rich and the handling of watercolour very free. Constable has added touches of white as highlights. This watercolour is on a page from a sketchbook that Constable used in 1832.
Object details
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| Title | A barge on the Stour (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and bistre ink, and watercolour |
| Brief description | John Constable (1776-1837), A Barge on the Stour. About 1832 [Reynolds cat. no. 347] |
| Physical description | Picture with a barge and figures, trees, and a horse and figure. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist |
| Historical context | 'In 1832 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy four oil paintings and four drawings. The oil paintings included 'Waterloo Bridge, from Whitehall Stairs, June 18th, 1817' (formerly in the collection of Mr. Harry H. Ferguson; see Nos. 173-175 [290-1888, 322-1888, 604-1888] in this Catalogue); 'A Romantic House, Hampstead' (probably National Gallery No. 1246) and 'Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead' (now in the collection of Sir Kenneth Clark). The drawings included one of 'Jaques and the Wounded Stag' (see No. 407 [795-1888] in this Catalogue). Archdeacon John Fisher died on 25 August.' [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 204] |
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| Summary | Navigable rivers and canals were crucial to Constable's father's business of trading and transporting coal on and around the River Stour. Constable frequently depicted them as working waterways. Here we see a horse pulling a barge. The use of colour is particularly rich and the handling of watercolour very free. Constable has added touches of white as highlights. This watercolour is on a page from a sketchbook that Constable used in 1832. |
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| Other number | 347, plate 250 - Reynolds catalogue no. |
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| Accession number | 237-1888 |
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| Record created | February 20, 2004 |
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