- Artist
- John Constable 1776–1837
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 613 × 510 mm
frame: 875 × 775 × 115 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate 2004
- Reference
- T11862
Display caption
We think that Constable began this painting outdoors. He did so because he wanted to faithfully capture light, texture and atmosphere. He may have added details like the carefully-painted ears of corn above the bank on the left-hand side in his studio. Look carefully and you will see that the trees on right were once higher. Constable probably lowered them, increasing the space given to sky, when working up this sketch for a painting he exhibited in 1826, The Cornfield, which is now in the National Gallery.
Gallery label, October 2023
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