The Opening of Waterloo Bridge by John Constable

The Opening of Waterloo Bridge by John Constable, 1832

© Tate

Details

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

134 x 220 cm

Art Fund grant:

£250,000 ( Total: £2,945,650; Tax remission)

Acquired in:

1988

A panorama of the Thames from Whitehall to St Paul's as viewed from the garden of Pembroke House.

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; priva