The White Horse (1819) by John Constable (1776-1837) depicts a tow-horse being ferried across the river Stour in Suffolk, just below Flatford Lock at a point where the tow-path switched banks.
Constable, who described the scene as as placid representation of a serene, grey morning, summer, went on in later years to comment: There are generally in the life of an artist perhaps one, two or three pictures, on which hang more than usual interest-- this is mine.
A scholarly essay by Frick curator Aim.
| Comment | There are generally in the life of an artist perhaps one two or three pictures on which hang more than usual interest this is mine |
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Giles Constable's white horse, hardcover/william kentridge
