Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) painting during his lifetime, and as a result it became part of the inheritance to his daughter Isabel. In 1888, she bequeathed it on behalf of herself, her sister Maria Louise and their brother Lionel Bicknell to The Tate gallery in London, where it has been displayed ever since. 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"
Elhanan Bicknell Elhanan Bicknell Elhanan Bicknell (21 December 1788–27 November 1861) was a successful London businessman and shipowner, He used his wealth as a patron of the arts, becoming one of the leading collectors of contemporary British art of his time. Elhanan Bicknell was born 21 December 1788, in Blackman Street, London, the son of William Bicknell, serge manufacturer there, and of Elizabeth Bicknell, previously a Miss Randall, of Sevenoaks, Kent. His father attended John Wesley's school at Kingswood, Bristol, and entertained him in Blackman Street when he came to preach at Snow's Fields in Southwark. Another minister who was a family