Weymouth Bay: Bowleaze Cove and Jordon Hill

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Weymouth Bay
John Constable, 1816–17
Oil on canvas
53 × 75 cm
National Gallery, London

Weymouth Bay: Bowleaze Cove and Jordon Hill was painted by the leading English landscape artist John Constable in 1816–17. The painting now hangs in the National Gallery, London.

In October 1816, Constable spent is honeymoon at the village of Osmington near the seaside town of Weymouth in Dorset. The idea for this painting dates from this period. The painting shows a view of Weymouth Bay on the south coast of England, looking west. The painting includes Jordon Hill and the small Jordan River flowing over the beach, with Furzy Cliff behind.

A larger version of the painting called Osmington Shore was exhibited by Constable at the British Institution in 1819.