The Leaping Horse

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The Leaping Horse
ArtistJohn Constable
Year1825
TypeOil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions129.4 cm × 188 cm (50.9 in × 74 in)
LocationRoyal Academy, London

The Leaping Horse is an 1825 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable.[1] It portrays a scene on the River Stour in Constable Country. A tow horse pulling a barge is shown leaping over one of the cattle guard barriers erected to stop cattle wandering. It was one of the large "six-footers" he produced from 1819 onwards.[2]

It was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1825 under the simple title of Landscape.[3] It is now in the collection of the Royal Academy having been acquired in 1889.[4] A full-sized preparatory study for the painting is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bailey p 163
  2. ^ Bermingham p.138
  3. ^ Hamilton p.189
  4. ^ https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-leaping-horse
  5. ^ https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O82787/the-leaping-horse-full-scale-oil-painting-constable-john-ra/

Bibliography

  • Bermingham, Ann. Landscape and Ideology: The English Rustic Tradition, 1740-1860'". University of California Press, 1989.
  • Hamilton, James. Constable: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2022.
  • Humphreys, Richard. John Constable: The Leaping Horse. Royal Academy of Arts, 2018.
  • Reynolds, Graham. Constable's England. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.
  • Thornes, John E. John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science. A&C Black, 1999.

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