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The Cornfield

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The Cornfield
ArtistJohn Constable Edit this on Wikidata
Year1826
Mediumcanvas
Dimensions143 cm (56 in) × 122 cm (48 in)
LocationNational Gallery
IdentifiersArt UK artwork ID: the-cornfield-115506

The Cornfield is an oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist John Constable. It was finished in 1826 and first exhibited at the Royal Academy that same year. It measures 143 by 122 cm and hangs in the National Gallery, London.

Constable referred to the painting as The Drinking Boy. It shows a lane leading from East Bergholt toward Dedham, Essex.[1]

References

  1. ^ Richens, R. H., Elm (Cambridge 1983), p.166