![John Constable - A Cottage in a Cornfield [c.1817-33]](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7472/15930975588_337ff2765a_o.jpg)
Though left unfinished until March 1833, Constable based the donkey in this painting on a life study done in December 1815. The corn in the field remains green on the side shaded from the sun, but is ripe elsewhere, suggesting it is set in the month of July.
[Victoria & Albert Museum, London - Oil on canvas, 62 x 51.5 cm]
