Wivenhoe and Colchester campus

 

Constable was known for making composite images. In this painting of Wivenhoe he has positioned the main house so that its reflection is visible in the lake. Apparently in reality this is not the case.

He was also asked by the owners of the hall to include their deer house to the right which He did by extending the canvas.

Today the hall has been made into a hotel on the edge of Colchester campus and is mainly hidden by trees so it didn't require a great leap of the imagination to bring some of the new.er halls of residence into the foreground