Why it matters
A shepherd boy drinks from a pool on Fen Lane between East Bergholt and Dedham in the heat of summer. Constable called it The Drinking Boy and painted the plants as accurately as possible.
Did you know?
- It was painted from January to March 1826.
- The botanist Henry Phillips advised on the plants.
- David Lucas engraved it for a book in 1830.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Cornfield (CC BY-SA 4.0).
