John Constable Then and Now Locations

We are listing some places where paintings by John Constable, the landscape artist, were based. This is a part of a project to identify 'then and now' locations. In total there are well over 400 known paintings and drawings by Constable, many are of the same locations revisited, some sketches and then finished works and some are portraits. This listing is therefore not a complete list of his works but a selected listing. You will find sketches included where possible with finished works, as well as the photos we have taken from visits made in more recent times. Over time more locations will be visited and will then be added.

Some of the locations are very near together including well over 10 clustered around Flatford Mill, while some others are not far away from Flatford Mill along the Stour Valley and between Flatford Mill and East Bergholt.

Then and Now Photography  involves looking at a past image, be it a photograph, drawing or painting and then attempting to take the same place today. Many of our location guides have old images so that you can see how the place has changed over time, Lighthouses being a good example. This listing is of location guides that we have specifically produced looking at the 'then and now' image rather than the development or other history of the location.  You can find other 'then and now' locations identified at Then and Now Locations  and the pages linked from it on specific areas.

Items linked in the left column have location guides. I have also included in this listing other major works, and in as many as I can the date painted, location and where the the original painting can be seen.

The listing is in the order that he painted them, earliest first.

Painting date and location of original	Near	County	NGR	Website Link	Notes
Dedham Vale  (1802) Victoria and Albert Museum, London	Dedham	Suffolk	TM034336	Painting	combined with other Dedham Vale
The Mill Stream (1810-14)	Flatford	Suffolk	TM077332
Flatford Mill from the Lock (1812)	Flatford	Suffolk	TM076332
Two Boys Fishing (1813) Anglesey Abbey, Cambs, NT	Flatford	Suffolk	TM076332
Landscape - Ploughing Scene in Suffolk (1814, revised c.1816 and 1831) Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT		Suffolk
The Ferry (1814)	Flatford	Suffolk	TM077331		Unable to locate a copy of the picture. I think its at the same location as The Valley Farm
Flatford Lock from the Mill House (1814)	Flatford	Suffolk	TM077331
The Stour Valley And Dedham Church (1814–1815) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	Flatford/ East Bergolt	Suffolk	TM071340	Copy of painting
Boat Building near Flatford Mill (1814-1815) Victoria and Albert Museum, London	Flatford	Suffolk	TM076333	Large copy of painting
Golding Constable's Flower Garden (1815) Ipswich Museum, Ipswich	East Bergolt	Suffolk		Copy of painting
Golding Constable's Kitchen Garden (1815) Ipswich Museum, Ipswich	East Bergolt	Suffolk		Copy of Painting
Portrait of Maria Bicknell, Mrs. John Constable (1816) Tate Gallery, London	maybe Langham	Suffolk		Large Copy of painting
Wivenhoe Park, Essex (1816) National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.	Colchester	Essex	TM030241	OS Get a map large copy of painting	Now University of Essex
Flatford Mill (original title Scene on a Navigable River; 1816–17) Tate Gallery, London	Flatford	Suffolk	TM075332
Weymouth Bay (1816–17) National Gallery, London	Weymouth	Dorset?		Large copy of painting	At least 3 paintings
The White Horse (original title A Scene on the river Stour) (1819) Frick Collection, New York City	Flatford	Suffolk	TM077330
Hampstead Heath (1820) Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge	London	London	TQ263868	Multimap	At least 15 paintings
Stratford Mill (1820) National Gallery, London	Stratford/ Langham	Suffolk			2 versions
The Hay Wain (original title Landscape: Noon; 1821) National Gallery, London	Flatford	Suffolk	TM077332	Large copy of painting
View on the Stour near Dedham   (1822) The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, USA	Flatford	Suffolk	TM076333
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds (1823) Victoria and Albert Museum, London	Salisbury	Wiltshire		copy of painting	3 versions
A Watermill at Gillingham (1823-27)	Gilingham	Dorset
Seascape Study with Rain Clouds (1824–25) Royal Academy of Arts, London		Suffolk
The Lock 1824 Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Spain	Flatford	Suffolk	TM076332	Copy of painting
Brighton Beach (c.1824-6) Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin	Brigton	Sussex			4 paintings
The Leaping Horse (1825) Royal Academy of Arts, London	Near Flatford 1 mile west	Suffolk	TM064335	Copy of painting
The Cornfield (1826) National Gallery, London	near Flatford	Suffolk	TM071339	large copy of painting
Dedham Vale (1828) National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh	Langham	Suffolk
Hadleigh Castle (1829) Tate Gallery, London	Hadleigh	Essex	TQ810860	copy of painting  there may also  be another oil sketch version Multimap
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows (1831) Private collection; on loan to National Gallery, London	Salisbury	Wiltshire
The Opening of Waterloo Bridge seen from Whitehall Stairs, June 18, 1817 (c.1832) Tate Britain, London	London	London		copy of painting	Waterloo Bridge seen from Whitehall Stairs
The Valley Farm (1835) Tate Gallery, London	Flatford	Suffolk	TM076331
Arundel Mill and Castle (c.1836–37) Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA	Arundel		TQ018073 (castle)	copy of painting Arundel castle on   Wikipedia	Probably viewed from Mill Hanger TQ015081 Multimap
A Cottage in a Corn Field 1817 National Museum and Art Gallery of Wales, Cardiff 1833 - Victoria and Albert Museum London	Flatford	Suffolk			Was at the end of Fen Lane, the cottage was demolished in 1885.

This list will continue to grow as we come across new places. REMEMBER if know of somewhere that you feel is a good place please let us know.