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The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (© Tate)
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The Opening of Waterloo Bridge

Artist: John Constable (1776 - 1837)

Location: Tate

Date: 1832

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 134 x 220 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £250,000 (Total: £2,945,650; tax remission)

Review number: 3321 (1988)

Provenance:
Artist's sale, Foster's, 1836; Moseley, 1838; Charles Birch, 1839; Christie's, 1853; Henry Wallis; Foster's, 1858; Davenport, 1861; Kirkman D.Hodgson; Sir Charles Tennant, 1892; by descent to Lord Glencomer; Henry Ferguson, 1955; private collection.

Description:
The Opening of Waterloo Bridge, (Whitehall Stairs, June 18th, 1817). A panorama of the Thames from Whitehall to St Paul's as viewed from the garden of Pembroke House.

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