After 1826
Sketch for "The Marine Parade and Chain Pier, Brighton"
John ConstableEnglish, 1776 - 1837
Constable and his family spent many months taking in the sea air at Brighton in the mid-1820s. The bustling nature of the fashionable English seaside resort and fishing village can be seen in the many studies, drawings, and sketches that he made in this period. In preparation for a large oil painting that was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 1827, and is now in the Tate Britain, London, Constable made this smaller scale sketch, experimenting with the composition and arrangements of figures and boats on the beach.
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