An Old Bridge at Salisbury
c. 1826
Medium
Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 11.6 × 18 cm (4 5/8 × 7 1/8 in.); Chine: 12.8 × 18.5 cm (5 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 44.7 cm (12 1/16 × 17 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
117596
About the Artist
John Constable · 1776–1837
John Constable (1776-1837) was an English landscape painter whose naturalistic depictions of the Suffolk countryside revolutionized landscape painting and established him, alongside J.M.W. Turner, as one of England's greatest artists. His work pioneered the direct observation of nature that would later influence the French Barbizon school and, ultimately, Impressionism. Born in East Bergholt, Suf...