John Constable

The Dorset Coast

Maker

John Constable (English, 1776-1837)

Title

The Dorset Coast

Year

1816

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

watercolor

Dimensions

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

71.153.32

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Luminous Landscapes
British Watercolors from the Museum's Collection
May 27, 2005 – Aug 14, 2005

Label copy

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).

Selection II
British Watercolors and Drawings from the Museum's Collection
Apr 13, 1972 – May 14, 1972

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Tombstone

John Constable (English, 1776-1837)
The Dorset Coast, 1816
Watercolor applied with brush, and graphite
8.9 x 11.8 cm (3 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches)
Anonymous gift 71.153.32

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