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Shipping under a cloudy sky in the Thames

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

A watercolour and pencil drawing, roughly sketched, with areas of thin wash, showing a line of ships with billowing sails.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleShipping under a cloudy sky in the Thames (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Watercolour, Shipping under a cloudy sky in the Thames by John Constable, watercolour and pencil, 1803
Physical description
A watercolour and pencil drawing, roughly sketched, with areas of thin wash, showing a line of ships with billowing sails.
Dimensions
  • Height: 197mm
  • Width: 323mm
Marks and inscriptions
Britannia in a cartouche, surmounted by a crown (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
43 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
807-1888

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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