Shipping in a breeze in the Thames or the Medway
Watercolour
April 1803 (made)
April 1803 (made)
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A watercolour in pencil and grey wash, roughly sketched, with a ship with sails blowing in the left foreground and several others in the distance. On the back is a slight pencil sketch of a ship under sail.
Object details
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| Title | Shipping in a breeze in the Thames or the Medway (popular title) |
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| Brief description | Watercolour, Shipping in a breeze in the Thames or Medway by John Constable, watercolour and pencil, 1803 |
| Physical description | A watercolour in pencil and grey wash, roughly sketched, with a ship with sails blowing in the left foreground and several others in the distance. On the back is a slight pencil sketch of a ship under sail. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Britannia in a cartouche (On laid paper with truncated watermark) |
| 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] |
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| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 48-51. |
| Other number | 49 & 49a - Reynolds catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 810-1888 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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