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The title, The Hay Wain, refers to the wooden wagon (wain) used for transporting cut and dried meadow grass (hay). The empty wagon is making its way through the shallow water to cross to the meadow on the other side where haymakers are at work.
Although the painting evokes a Suffolk scene, it was created in the artist’s studio in London. Working from a number of open-air sketches made over several years, Constable then made a full-size preparatory oil sketch to establish the composition before painting the final picture.
Title
The Hay Wain
Date
1821
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 130.2 x W 185.4 cm
Accession number
NG1207
Acquisition method
Presented by Henry Vaughan, 1886
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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