Gillingham Bridge

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Gillingham Bridge
John Constable (1776-1837) - Gillingham Bridge, Dorset - NG1244 - Tate.jpg
Artist John Constable
Year1823
Type Oil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions32.1 cm× 51.5 cm(12.6 in× 20.3 in)
Location Tate Britain, London

Gillingham Bridge is an 1823 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable. It portrays a scene of the country town of Gillingham in Dorset. [1] It features the old bridge crossing the River Stour (not to be confused with the river of the same name in Constable's native Suffolk) by the town with church tower of St Mary the Virgin in the background. Constable's friend John Fisher held the incumbency of Gillingham and Constable visited him there in 1820. He returned again in 1823 when he painted this work. [2]

Today the painting is in the collection of Tate Britain in Pimlico. [3] Three years later Constable produced Parham Mill , another work inspired by his visit to Gillingham. [4]

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