1832
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A barge on the Stour is a 1832 watercolor by John Constable, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
John Constable painted *A Barge on the Stour* around 1832. A working waterway in his father’s coal trade, the Stour often showed up in his art. This watercolor shows a horse pulling a barge—practical, not fancy. The colors are rich and the watercolor moves freely. He added white highlights for light on the water. It comes from a sketchbook page he used that year. See more sketches by Constable at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A watercolour by John Constable from 1832 depicts a horse pulling a barge along the River Stour, a working waterway central to his father’s coal-trading business. The composition features figures, trees, and the river, with Constable employing a rich palette and fluid handling of watercolour, accented by white highlights. The work was created on a page from his 1832 sketchbook.
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John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.
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