Harwich Lighthouse (painting)
| Harwich Lighthouse | |
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| Artist | John Constable |
| Year | 1820 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 32.7 cm × 50.2 cm (12.9 in × 19.8 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
Harwich Lighthouse is an 1820 landscape painting by the British painter John Constable.[1] It depicts a scene on the coast of Essex in England featuring Harwich Low Lighthouse. The lighthouse was maintained by Constable's patron General Rebow whose estate at Wivenhoe Park he also painted.[2]
It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in 1820 along with Stratford Mill where it was well received.[3] Constable produced three almost identical versions of the painting.[4] The copy in the collection of Tate Britain having initially been given by the artist's daughter Isabel to the National Gallery in 1888.[5] Another version is in the Yale Center for British Art.[6]
See also
[edit]- List of paintings by John Constable
- Princess Charlotte Arriving at Harwich, a 1763 painting by Dominic Serres
References
[edit]- ^ Reynolds p.181
- ^ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/constable-harwich-lighthouse-n01276
- ^ Thornes p.116
- ^ Charles p.150
- ^ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/constable-harwich-lighthouse-n01276
- ^ https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:651
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
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