Dedham Vale (The Vale of Dedham)
1828 · Oil on canvas · Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- John Constable (1776–1837)
- Year
- 1828
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 144.5 × 122 cm
- Collection
- Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
- Movement
- Romanticism
From Gun Hill the eye travels down through a frame of tall trees, along the winding River Stour to Dedham church and the estuary beyond, all under a tumbling cloudy sky. In the foreground a woman nurses a child beside a makeshift shelter. The view, near his father's mill, was one Constable had painted since 1802; here the composition pays open homage to Claude's Hagar and the Angel, while the sky and the landscape detail come from direct observation. The paint is laid on thickly, with touches of white to catch shimmering light. He showed it at the Royal Academy in 1828, and it was largely responsible for his election as a full Academician the following year. The Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh bought it in 1944.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A view down through tall trees to a winding river and distant church under a tumbling sky, a tall landscape for a hallway end, stairwell or study at 24×36 in black. Sage, warm grey or cream; the upright format fits a slim wall.
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Romanticism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1828)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
