The White Horse
1819 · Oil on canvas · The Frick Collection, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- John Constable (1776–1837)
- Year
- 1819
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 131.4 × 188.3 cm
- Collection
- The Frick Collection, New York
- Movement
- Romanticism
A barge carries a tow-horse across the River Stour at Flatford, just below the lock, at the point where the towpath switches banks; the horse stands patiently on the ferry while the bargemen pole across, with farm buildings and summer trees behind. Constable exhibited it at the Royal Academy in 1819, and it marked a turning point: the first of his six-foot canvases of working life on the Stour, a scale normally reserved for history painting, and the first picture to attract real attention and to be set beside Turner by the critics, who found in it nature's portraiture rather than her poetry. It was bought by his friend John Fisher. The Frick Collection in New York acquired it in 1943, and it hangs in the East Gallery.
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 tow-horse crossing the Stour on a barge with farm buildings and summer trees, a wide, settled picture for a living room, dining room or hallway at 24×36 in black. A cream, sage or warm grey wall; it suits rooms with wood and leather.
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Romanticism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1819)
- 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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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
The full-bleed edition
The same plate printed edge-to-edge, filling the whole sheet — bold and immersive.
