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John Constable

The Dorset Coast, 1816

Description

Maker

Title

The Dorset Coast

Year

1816

Medium

Watercolor applied with brush, and graphite

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Dimensions

8.9 x 11.8 cm (3 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches)

Type

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

71.153.32

Projects & Publications

Publications

Selection II

British Watercolors and Drawings from the Museum's Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Luminous Landscapes

May 27 - August 14, 2005

One of the great English landscape painters in oil, Constable also made watercolors, although he seldom exhibited them. His rapid application of watercolor and graphite here is in keeping with drawings found in his small sketchbooks. This sheet is from a notebook that he used during his honeymoon in Dorset (southwestern England).

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