《干草车》是一幅地地道道的英国农村风景图。画面的前景是一条小溪，小溪边上有一间农屋。一条花色斑驳的小狗站在路上向小溪中张望。溪水流到农屋前扩展成了宽阔的浅滩，两匹马拉着一辆装着干草的四轮车正涉水而过。马车上坐着两个男子，看得出都是当地平凡的农夫。马车的前方是被阳光所照射着的树木和茅屋，它们构成了这幅画的中景。溪水的右边是开阔的牧场，大片的草地在阳光照耀下闪烁着金辉，远处的树丛在田野上投下清晰的树影，明亮的蓝天上飘着银白色的云朵，它们构成了这幅画的远景。在这幅画的右下角，还有一只无人的小船，小船附近的草丛中可以看到钓鱼人的半个身子。

   The view is of the millpond at Flatford on the River Stour. Flatford Mill was a watermill for grinding corn, operated by the Constable family for nearly a hundred years. It still survives and is about a mile from Constable’s birthplace at East Bergholt, Suffolk. The house on the left also survives; in Constable’s time it was occupied by tenant farmer Willy Lott.

   The title, The Hay Wain, refers to the wooden wagon (wain) used for transporting cut and dried meadow grass (hay). The empty wagon is making its way through the shallow water to cross to the meadow on the other side where haymakers are at work.

   Although the painting evokes a Suffolk scene, it was created in the artist’s studio in London. Working from a number of open-air sketches made over several years, Constable then made a full-size preparatory oil sketch to establish the composition before painting the final picture.

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