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A river scene with vessel at sunset

Watercolour
ca. 1796 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA river scene with vessel at sunset (popular title)
Materials and techniques
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
Accession number
607-1888

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Record createdJuly 18, 2006
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