AMICA ID:
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TFC_.Constable.43-1-147
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Constable, John
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Creator Nationality:
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European; British
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1776-1837
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Creator Name-CRT:
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John Constable
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Title:
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The White Horse
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1819
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Creation Start Date:
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1819
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Creation End Date:
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1819
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Materials and Techniques:
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oil on canvas (lined)
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Dimensions:
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51 3/4 x 74 1/8 in. (131.4 x 188.3 cm.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Frick Collection
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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43.1.147
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Credit Line:
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Purchased
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Inscriptions:
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Signed and dated at lower left: "John Constable, A.R.A. / London F. 1819"
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Rights:
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Context:
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The painting depicts a tow-horse being ferried across the river Stour in Suffolk, just below Flatford Lock at a point where the tow-path switched banks. Constable, who described the scene as a placid representation of a serene, grey morning, summer, wenton in later years to comment: There are generally in the life of an artist perhaps one, two or three pictures, on which hang more than usual interest this is mine. The painting was well received when it was exhibited at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1819, and it was purchased by Constable's friend Archdeacon John Fisher. Constable bought back the painting in 1829 and kept it the rest of his life. There is a full-scale oil sketch for The White Horse in the National Gallery, Washington.
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Context - Place:
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Europe--United Kingdom--England--Stour (river)
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Related Document Description:
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New York, The Frick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.1, Paintings. [cat.]. 1968, pp.29-34, p.31 (reproduced). New York, The Frick Collection. Art in the Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts [cat.]. Comp. C. Ryskamp, et al., 1996, p.102 (reproduced in color).
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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TFC_.constable.43-1-147.tif
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