Constable painting of alternative Hay Wain scene rediscovered

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Oil on canvas sketch shows the rear of Willy Lott’s house, which appears in artist’s 1821 masterpiece

A lost painting by John Constable showing a different view of a farm cottage that features in one of his most celebrated works has been rediscovered.

The oil on canvas sketch, thought to have been done in situ in 1814, shows the rear of Willy Lott’s house, which appears in Constable’s 1821 masterpiece The Hay Wain.

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