The Leaping Horse

The Leaping Horse is an 1825 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable.

[1] It portrays a scene on the River Stour in Constable Country.

A tow horse pulling a barge is shown leaping over one of the cattle guard barriers erected to stop cattle wandering.

[2] It was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1825 under the simple title of Landscape.

[4] A full-sized preparatory study for the painting is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.