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John Constable: English: The LockEspañol: La esclusaFrançais : L'Écluse   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
John Constable  (1776–1837)  wikidata:Q159297 q:en:John Constable
 
John Constable
Description English painter, landscape painter, architectural draftsperson, visual artist and artist
Date of birth/death 11 June 1776 Edit this at Wikidata 31 March 1837 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death East Bergholt (Suffolk) London Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London; Dedham; Hampton; Lavenham Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q159297
Title
English: The Lock
Español: La esclusa
Français : L'Écluse
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: This painting shows the lock at Flatford Mill, on the River Stour in Suffolk
Español: El tema de este lienzo es la esclusa del molino de Flatford en el río Stour, Suffolk
Date 1824
date QS:P571,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 142.2 cm (55.9 in); width: 120.7 cm (47.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,142.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,120.7U174728
Object history James Morrison (1789-1857) of Balham Hill, London, and Basildon Park, Berkshire, by whom acquired for 150 guineas on the opening day of the 1824 Royal Academy exhibition, and by descent to his grandson, Colonel James Archibald Morrison (1873-1934), at Basildon Park, until this was sold in 1929, and subsequently by inheritance through his daughter Mary, wife of Major John Dent-Brocklehurst of Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire;
The Trustees of the Walter Morrison Picture Settlement; Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1990, lot 128 (sold £10,780,000).
Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan to the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 1992-2012 (INV. Nr. CTB.1991.1)
sold 2012 at Christie's: price realized £22,441,250 including hammer price and buyer's premium.
Source/Photographer 1. allartpainting.com
2. Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5584815
Other versions
  • Blue tones
    Blue tones
  • Second 1825 Foster version
    Second 1825 Foster version
  • 1834 mezzotint by David Lucas
    1834 mezzotint by David Lucas
  • A Sketch in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
    A Sketch in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • A study in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
    A study in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Image by Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

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Captions

The Lock (1824), depicting the lock at Flatford Mill, on the River Stour in Suffolk. 121 × 140 cm (47.5 × 56 in). Private collection

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The Lock

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