Stratford Mill
1820 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery, London
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About this work
- Artist
- John Constable (1776–1837)
- Year
- 1820
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 127 × 182.9 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery, London
- Movement
- Romanticism
Children fish from the bank of the River Stour beside a water-powered paper mill at Stratford St Mary, two miles west of Constable's birthplace at East Bergholt. The mill sits in shadow at the left while sunlight plays between the trees, a dying willow leans over glassy water, a barge is moored to the far bank and a sunlit farmhouse shows in the distance. This was the second of the six-foot Stour canvases Constable sent to the Royal Academy between 1819 and 1825, a series that includes The Hay Wain. Exhibited in 1820, it was bought by his friend John Fisher, who gave it to his solicitor John Pern Tinney. After Constable's death it became known as The Young Waltonians, after Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler. It is now in the National Gallery, London.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Children fishing beside a shaded mill and a leaning willow, a wide summer picture for a living room, study or dining room at 24×16 in black or natural oak. Sage, cream or warm grey; it suits a country-style room and pairs with The Hay Wain.
- Style
- Romanticism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1820)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; oak lightens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
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About this design
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An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
The full-bleed edition
The painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions, filling the whole sheet — and available on gallery-wrapped canvas.
