A Mill Near Colchester, 1833, Watercolor over traces of graphite, with scratching out and a touch of pen and brown ink on the horizon, evidence of squaring for transfer in graphite, with a color wash test verso, sheet: 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (14. 6 x 19. 7 cm), Drawings, John Constable (British, East Bergholt 1776?1837 Hampstead), John Constable created resonant images of rural England. A determined 'naturalist, ' he restricted himself to familiar scenery and refused to idealize but often used experimental techniques. This drawing, made in the 1830s, was painted freely and with intensity