Stour Valley and Dedham Church

Stour Valley and Dedham Church is a landscape painting by the British artist John Constable.[1] Like many of his works it features a scene of the River Stour in his native Suffolk close to the border with Essex.[2] It was commissioned as a wedding present for Philadelphia Godfrey, the daughter of a local squire, by her husband.[3] It shows the river valley in autumn from the grounds of her father's house.[4] It was displayed at the Royal Academy's Spring Exhibition at Somerset House in 1815.

John ConstableOil on canvasLandscape paintingMuseum of Fine ArtsBoston, MassachusettsRiver StourSuffolkDedhamsquireautumnRoyal AcademySpring ExhibitionSomerset HouseBostonList of paintings by John ConstablePaintingsList of paintingsThe Church Porch, East BergholtThe Celebration in East Bergholt of the Peace of 1814Brightwell Church and VillageBoat-Building Near Flatford MillGolding Constable's Flower GardenGolding Constable's Vegetable GardenThe Quarters behind Alresford HallThe Wheat FieldWivenhoe ParkFlatford MillWilly Lott's House from the StourThe White HorseDedham Lock and MillHarwich LighthouseStratford MillWaterloo BridgeHarnham GateThe Hay WainMalvern HallThe Grove, HampsteadHampstead Heath, with a BonfireRoad to the SpaniardsYarmouth JettyGillingham BridgeSalisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's GroundsThe LockBranch Hill Pond, Hampstead HeathThe CornfieldParham MillChain Pier, BrightonThe Vale of DedhamHadleigh CastleThe Glebe FarmSalisbury Cathedral from the MeadowsThe Opening of Waterloo BridgeSir Richard Steele's Cottage, HampsteadCenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua ReynoldsHampstead Heath with a RainbowArundel Mill and CastleCharles Golding Constable (son)Constable Country