Over the years you have helped Tate acquire nearly 400 works for the national collection of British and International Modern Art, film and video
Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and The Art Fund (with a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation), with additional assistance from Sir Edwin and Lady Manton and Tate Members in memory of Leslie Parris, Deputy Keeper British Collection and Senior Research Fellow Collections Division 1974-2000, and from the bequest of Alice Cooper Creed, 2002
Constable's scenes of the River Stour near East Bergholt in Suffolk, where he grew up, seem to capture the very essence of the English countryside. This, from his last long visit to the area, was painted substantially in the open air. Unfinished, it offers invaluable insights into his working methods.
