The Haywain

1899

Timothy Cole after John Constable

Associated Names
Timothy Cole

Artist, American, 1852 - 1931

John Constable

Artist After, British, 1776 - 1837

This is a print depicting a rural landscape scene from a slightly elevated point of view. The horizon line is placed slightly below the center of the print, where in the distance the sky meets the treetops past far-away fields. Closest to us is a body of water with some tall, leafy trees on the left behind a small cottage with a pointed roof. In the center, a horse-drawn cart is partially submerged in the shallow water, heading away from us towards the distant bank. On the cart are two people, one of whom holds a long, thin object. To the left, a dog stands by the water's edge, observing the cart. Another person is partially visible in the water by the cottage. Above the scene, the sky is filled with soft, fluffy clouds. The shapes in the print are made up of small dots and lines in black against the off-white paper, making some details hard to discern.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2803

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Smith 1925, no. 337


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1931

  • Five Centuries of Print Making, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1931, no. 66.

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 229.

1945

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 100.

Bibliography

1925

  • Smith, Ralph Clifton. The Wood Engraved Work of Timothy Cole. Washington, DC: Press of Gibson Brothers, Inc., 1925.

Wikidata ID

Q64962344

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