Waterloo Bridge (Constable)

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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Waterloo Bridge
Artist	John Constable
Year	1820
Type	Oil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions	55 cm × 78 cm (21.6 in × 30.6 in)
Location	Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati

Today it is in the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum, in Ohio.^[4] A smaller version is owned by the Royal Academy of Arts, in London.^[5]

See also

• List of paintings by John Constable