From a grassy riverbank, we look across the placid surface of a river lined along the far bank with trees and farm animals in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is painted loosely with brushstrokes visible throughout, so some details are difficult to make out. For the surface of the river, russet-brown and steel-gray paint skims lightly across the canvas and leaves some unpainted areas visible, creating the effect of light shimmering on the still water. On our left, a shallow wooden barge is propelled along the stream by two men in red caps with long poles. The boat carries a…
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The White Horse

John Constable (British, 1776 - 1837)

1818-1819

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 127 x 183 cm (50 x 72 1/16 in.) ; framed: 164.5 x 219.7 x 17.2 cm (64 3/4 x 86 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)
Culture
British
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Widener Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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