Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge is an oil on canvas riverscape painting by the British artist John Constable, from 1820. It depicts a view of London looking eastwards towards Waterloo Bridge, which had opened three years earlier. Also visible are notable other London landmarks including Somerset House and Saint Paul's Cathedral. In the foreground are waterman and bathers. Constable's patron John Fisher described it as Canaletto-like. Constable spent many years working on a major project The Opening of Waterloo Bridge, showing the events of 1817, which was finally displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1832.