Harwich Lighthouse (painting)
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Artist | John Constable |
Year | 1820 |
Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
Dimensions | 32.7 cm × 50.2 cm (12.9 in × 19.8 in) |
Location | Tate Britain, London |
Harwich Lighthouse is an 1820 landscape painting by the British painter John Constable.[1] It depicts a scene on the coast of Essex in England featuring Harwich Low Lighthouse. The lighthouse was maintained by Constable's patron General Rebow whose estate at Wivenhoe Park he also painted.[2]
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It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in 1820 along with Stratford Mill where it was well received.[3] Constable produced three almost identical versions of the painting.[4] The copy in the collection of Tate Britain having initially been given by the artist's daughter Isabel to the National Gallery in 1888.[5] Another version is in the Yale Center for British Art.[6]
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Bibliography
- Bailey, Anthony. John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own. Random House, 2012.
- Charles, Victoria. Constable. Parkstone International, 2015.
- Hamilton, James. Constable: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2022.
- Reynolds, Graham. Constable's England. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.
- Thornes, John E. John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science. A&C Black, 1999.