COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
TFC_.Constable.43-1-147
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TFC_.Constable.43-1-147
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1999
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1999
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Constable, John
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Constable, John
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
European; British
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European; British
Creator Nationality
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Creator Dates/Places:
1776-1837
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1776-1837
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
John Constable
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John Constable
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
The White Horse
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The White Horse
Title
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1819
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1819
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1819
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1819
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1819
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1819
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas (lined)
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oil on canvas (lined)
Materials and Techniques
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Dimensions:
51 3/4 x 74 1/8 in. (131.4 x 188.3 cm.)
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51 3/4 x 74 1/8 in. (131.4 x 188.3 cm.)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Frick Collection
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The Frick Collection
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
43.1.147
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43.1.147
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Purchased
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Purchased
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
Signed and dated at lower left: "John Constable, A.R.A. / London F. 1819"
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Signed and dated at lower left: "John Constable, A.R.A. / London F. 1819"
Inscriptions
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.frick.org"target="_new">http://www.frick.org</a>
Rights
false
Context:
The painting depicts a tow-horse being ferried across the river Stour in Suffolk, just below Flatford Lock at a point where the tow-path switched banks. Constable, who described the scene as a placid representation of a serene, grey morning, summer, wenton in later years to comment: There are generally in the life of an artist perhaps one, two or three pictures, on which hang more than usual interest this is mine. The painting was well received when it was exhibited at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1819, and it was purchased by Constable's friend Archdeacon John Fisher. Constable bought back the painting in 1829 and kept it the rest of his life. There is a full-scale oil sketch for The White Horse in the National Gallery, Washington.
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The painting depicts a tow-horse being ferried across the river Stour in Suffolk, just below Flatford Lock at a point where the tow-path switched banks. Constable, who described the scene as a placid representation of a serene, grey morning, summer, wenton in later years to comment: There are generally in the life of an artist perhaps one, two or three pictures, on which hang more than usual interest this is mine. The painting was well received when it was exhibited at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1819, and it was purchased by Constable's friend Archdeacon John Fisher. Constable bought back the painting in 1829 and kept it the rest of his life. There is a full-scale oil sketch for The White Horse in the National Gallery, Washington.
Context
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Context - Place:
Europe--United Kingdom--England--Stour (river)
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Europe--United Kingdom--England--Stour (river)
Context - Place
false
Related Document Description:
New York, The Frick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.1, Paintings. [cat.]. 1968, pp.29-34, p.31 (reproduced). New York, The Frick Collection. Art in the Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts [cat.]. Comp. C. Ryskamp, et al., 1996, p.102 (reproduced in color).
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New York, The Frick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.1, Paintings. [cat.]. 1968, pp.29-34, p.31 (reproduced). New York, The Frick Collection. Art in the Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts [cat.]. Comp. C. Ryskamp, et al., 1996, p.102 (reproduced in color).
Related Document Description
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Related Image Identifier Link:
TFC_.constable.43-1-147.tif
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TFC_.constable.43-1-147.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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