Dedham Lock and Mill John Constable, 1820 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
This bucolic landscape painting depicts a mill that belonged to famed painter John Constable's father, Golding Constable. Also seen in the view is the River Stour, and the tower of Dedham church. Constable painted several views of this scene, first in oil sketches. This is the third and last version of the subject and remains one of Constable’s most famous paintings.
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