Waterloo Bridge (Constable) Explained

Waterloo Bridge
Artist:John Constable
Year:1820
Type:Oil on canvas, landscape painting
Height Imperial:21.6
Width Imperial:30.6
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Cincinnati, Ohio

Waterloo Bridge is an 1820 riverscape painting by the British artist John Constable. It depicts a view of London looking eastwards towards Waterloo Bridge, which had opened three years earlier.[1] Also visible are notable other London landmarks including Somerset House and Saint Paul's Cathedral. In the foreground are waterman and bathers. Constable's patron John Fisher described it as Canaletto-like.[2] Constable spent many years working on a major project The Opening of Waterloo Bridge showing the events of 1817.[3]

Today it is in the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum in Ohio.[4] A smaller version of it is owned by the Royal Academy.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Reynolds p.150
  2. Bailey p.148
  3. Reynolds p.156
  4. https://cincinnatiartmuseum.org/about/blog/behind-the-scenes-in-conservation-brighter-skies-over-waterloo-bridge/
  5. Bailey p.148