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Painting by John Constable
Boat-Building Near Flatford Mill
ArtistJohn Constable
Year1815
TypeOil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions50.8 cm × 61.6 cm (20.0 in × 24.3 in)
LocationVictoria and Albert Museum , London

Boat-Building Near Flatford Mill is an 1815 landscape painting by the English artist John Constable. It depicts a scene on the River Stour near to Flatford Mill on the Essex-Suffolk border. Constable's father owned Flatford Mill and the area around it is now known as Constable Country. Portraying the process of boat building, it has been described as a forerunner of his best-known Six-Foot paintings depicting scenes from the area.

It is today in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

See also

References

  1. Waites p.70
  2. Allhusen p.8

Bibliography

  • Allhusen, Edward. John Constable. Medici Society, 2009
  • Bailey, Anthony. John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own. Random House, 2012.
  • Charles, Victoria. Constable. Parkstone International, 2015.
  • Hamilton, James. Constable: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2022.
  • Reynolds, Graham. Constable's England. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.
  • Thornes, John E. John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science. A&C Black, 1999.
  • Waites, Ian. Common Land in English Painting, 1700-1850. Boydell Press, 2012.
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