About this artwork

Stoke by Nayland lies about seven miles from East Bergholt. The church features in a number of Constable’s drawings and oil sketches, including Stoke-by-Nayland (Tate), on display in Gallery 13. In this print it was originally positioned in the centre of the composition, but was later moved to the left and a rainbow was introduced. In the accompanying text Constable observed that ‘Nature, in all varied aspects of her beauty, exhibits no feature more lovely nor any that awaken a more soothing reflection than the Rainbow’.

 

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David Lucas

David Lucas