Sketch for "The Marine Parade and Chain Pier, Brighton"

Gallery 392, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Haas Gallery)

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Sketch for "The Marine Parade and Chain Pier, Brighton"

c. 1826-1827

John Constable (English, 1776–1837)

Constable and his family spent many months taking in the sea air at Brighton in the mid-1820s. The bustling nature of the fashionable English seaside resort and fishing village can be seen in the many studies, drawings, and sketches that he made in this period. In preparation for a large oil painting that was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 1827, and is now in the Tate Britain, London, Constable made this sketch, experimenting with the composition and arrangements of figures and boats on the beach.

Gallery 392, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Haas Gallery)

Object Details

Title:

Sketch for "The Marine Parade and Chain Pier, Brighton"

Date:

c. 1826-1827

Artist:

John Constable (English, 1776–1837)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

23 3/4 x 38 7/8 inches (60.3 x 98.7 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, 1896

Accession Number:

W1896-1-5

Geography:

Made in England, Europe

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Gallery 392, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Haas Gallery)

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