Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings, and the first in the "Stour series" which later included "The Hay Wain". It is owned and exhibited at the Tate Britain gallery in London. "Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River)" is painted in oil on canvas. It depicts a working rural scene from Suffolk, as two lighter barges and their crew progress up the
Louis Wain and eventually became a teacher there for a short period. At the age of 20, Wain was left to support his mother and his five sisters after his father's death. Wain soon quit his teaching position to become a freelance artist, and in this role he achieved substantial success. He specialized in drawing animals and country scenes, and worked for several journals including the "Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News", where he stayed for four years, and "The Illustrated London News", beginning in 1886. Through the 1880s, Wain's work included detailed illustrations of English country houses and estates, along with livestock