Title

Osmington Bay, 1816. Creator: John Constable.

Caption

Osmington Bay, 1816. Portland Island and Chesil Beach separate Osmington Bay’s choppy waters from the expansive, cloudy sky. A handful of people populate the beach: a young boy with a crook, likely a shepherd, stands at right; a mother and child walk near a seated figure at middle distance; and further along, a fisherman mends a net near his boat. These figures reveal the beach as a site of both work and leisure.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A23_373

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

81,4Mb (4,6Mb) / 20,6in x 15,4in / 6175 x 4610 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather cloud clouds scenic coast UK England people male boy boys child children walking beach landscape painting coastal country tide island romantic view British museum geography English color cliff cliffs scenery location century vista Britain tidal concept Dorset natural phenomena romanticism art museum oil Painting Colour 19th century Museum of Art background people nineteenth century Chesil Beach 1810s geographical feature Oil on canvas TGN landscape oil Isle of Portland John Constable Constable John Oil on canvas Osmington Romantic Era Clark Art Institute Heritage Art 19th-century