Title

Sketch For "The Opening Of Waterloo Bridge Seen From Whitehall Stairs, June 18th 1817", c1819. Creator: John Constable.

Caption

Sketch For "The Opening Of Waterloo Bridge Seen From Whitehall Stairs, June 18th 1817", c1819. Cannon smoke rises above the bridge and, in the foreground, dashes of red pigment stand for soldiers, barge sails, and waving flags.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A23_382

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

66,7Mb (3,7Mb) / 19,0in x 13,6in / 5711 x 4082 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation scenic London England River Thames sport busy opening landscape boat boats painting country smoke romantic bridge bridges view British museum celebrations English color structure celebration race scenery location century barge vista Britain racing concept regatta United Kingdom romanticism sketch art museum month sketches oil Painting Colour waterloo bridge 19th century water transport Museum of Art June nineteenth century 1810s Oil on canvas TGN landscape oil John Constable Constable John Oil on canvas Romantic Era Clark Art Institute Whitehall Stairs Heritage Art 19th-century