Waterloo Bridge is an oil on canvas riverscape painting by the British artist John Constable, from 1820. It depicts a view of London looking eastwards towards Waterloo Bridge, which had opened three years earlier.Reynolds p.150 Also visible are notable other London landmarks including Somerset House and Saint Paul's Cathedral. In the foreground are waterman and bathers. Constable's patron John Fisher described it as Canaletto-like.Bailey p.148 Constable spent many years working on a major project The Opening of Waterloo Bridge, showing the events of 1817, which was finally displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1832.Reynolds p.156
Today it is in the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum, in Ohio.Cincinnati Art Museum A smaller version is owned by the Royal Academy of Arts, in London.Bailey p.148
See also List of paintings by John Constable
References
Bibliography Bailey, Anthony. John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own. Random House, 2012. Charles, Victoria. Constable. Parkstone International, 2015. Hamilton, James. Constable: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2022. Reynolds, Graham. Constable's England. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983. Thornes, John E. John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science. A&C Black, 1999.