Own Interpretation/ Opinion of artwork:

The artwork (called “Noon”) clearly presents as the central focus on the three horses pulling what appears to be a large “farm wagon” across the river from the cottage on the left. The people presented in the off centre look like some sort of workers if not labour for the individuals that live in the well established cottage. The artwork can also highlight the social class of the subjects, even though there are not any “higher class” individuals present in the image the house speaks for itself as it can show that the house is in a higher position than the individuals therefore it stands in a higher class compared to the workers opposing the household.

Information of the artwork:

Originally called Landscape: Noon.

The image can depict a rural scene on the River Stour between English Counties Essex and Sussex.

Is one of most popular and greatest english paintings as well as being regarded as “Constable’s most famous image”.

Willy Lott Cottage still survives practically unaltered, but none of the trees in the painting exist today.

reflections on water, the shadows beneath the willows, the smells, the sounds – while waiting for a bite.’  Constable wrote of a “painting of a mill” by Jacob van Ruisdael, that he could ‘all but see the ells [eels]’ in its water. ‘The most famous of all Constable’s statements was sparked/adapted by the topic of fishing.

In 1821 the younger John Fisher wrote, mentioning that he had been up to his middle in a fine/ deep New Forest river and as happy as a ‘careless boy’.  He caught two pike and thought of John Constable.  In reply, John Constable produced an amazing sequence of free sensory cooperation:’

“The sound of water escaping from Mill dams… Willows, Old rotten Banks, slimy posts, & brickwork. I love such things… As long as I do paint I shall never cease to paint such places….“