Boat-Building Near Flatford Mill

Boat-Building Near Flatford Mill
Artist	John Constable
Year	1815
Type	Oil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions	50.8 cm × 61.6 cm (20.0 in × 24.3 in)
Location	Victoria and Albert Museum , London

Boat-Building Near Flatford Mill is an 1815 landscape painting by the English artist John Constable.[1] It depicts a scene on the River Stour near to Flatford Mill on the Essex-Suffolk border. Constable's father owned Flatford Mill and the area around it is now known as Constable Country. Portraying the process of boat building, it has been described as a forerunner of his best-known Six-Foot paintings depicting scenes from the area.[2]

It is today in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

See also

• List of paintings by John Constable

References

1. Waites p.70
2. Allhusen p.8

Bibliography

• Allhusen, Edward. John Constable. Medici Society, 2009
• Bailey, Anthony. John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own. Random House, 2012.
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• Hamilton, James. Constable: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2022.
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• Thornes, John E. John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science. A&C Black, 1999.
• Waites, Ian. Common Land in English Painting, 1700-1850. Boydell Press, 2012.