Waterloo Bridge (Constable)
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| Artist | John Constable |
| Year | 1820 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 55 cm × 78 cm (21.6 in × 30.6 in) |
| Location | Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati |
Waterloo Bridge is an oil on canvas riverscape painting by the British artist John Constable, from 1820. It depicts a view of London looking eastwards towards Waterloo Bridge, which had opened three years earlier.[1] Also visible are notable other London landmarks including Somerset House and Saint Paul's Cathedral. In the foreground are waterman and bathers. Constable's patron John Fisher described it as Canaletto-like.[2] Constable spent many years working on a major project The Opening of Waterloo Bridge, showing the events of 1817, which was finally displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1832.[3]
Today it is in the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum, in Ohio.[4] A smaller version is owned by the Royal Academy of Arts, in London.[5]
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