1803
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A man-of-war is a 1803 watercolor by John Constable, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows two old sailing ships on calm water. The ships have tall masts with ropes and sails, and one has a flag at the back. The drawing is loose and quick, with light blue and gray tones. The ships look like warships, which were important for travel and battles long ago. The artist used watercolor, which lets the paper show through for a soft look. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more of this artist’s work.
A watercolour by John Constable from 1803 depicts a ship, with a pencil sketch of man-of-war vessels in the Medway on its reverse. The work was created during a period when Constable exhibited four pieces at the Royal Academy. In April of that year, he traveled from London to Deal aboard the East Indiaman Coutts, and by June he had ventured into Essex.
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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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