National Gallery of Australia | Audio Tour | Constable

In this pure sky study Constable painted streets of cumulus clouds in a blue summer sky. As well as portraying the clouds, he captured the light at noon and its effects. There is good agreement between Constable’s inscription and the weather records for the London area on that day, which suggest it was a showery day (Thornes 1999, p. 252). For this study and a number of others in 1822 Constable worked on a larger painting support than he had used for his 1821 sky studies.