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Where is the scene in The Hay Wain located?
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Self-portrait by John Constable, detail of a drawing in pencil and watercolour, c. 1804; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
The scene depicted in The Hay Wain is a still millstream located near Flatford Mill in Suffolk, England.
This area is part of the valley of the River Stour, a region frequently captured by the artist John Constable and famously referred to as "Constable country."1