Talk:The Hay Wain

What's it doing there?
Perhaps someone with knowledge of 19th century farming could explain what the cart is doing in the river?--Hugh7 (talk) 22:11, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

It is crossing the river at a ford, surely? You can see the intended exit point on the left of the picture, in front of the building. The other side of the ford is out of the picture to the right. The cart has, presumably, come from the field in which the reapers can be seen working at centre right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.15.172.253 (talk) 10:16, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

I work at the Museum of English Rural Life at the University of Reading, England. After a day's work wagoners would often cool their horses and wheels in rivers where available. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamkoszary (talk • contribs) 13:56, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Number of horses pulling wain
Even the most cursory inspection of the painting makes it clear that not one horse but a pair of horses is pulling the wain. I am correcting the description in the text accordingly.123.211.239.55 (talk) 04:50, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

A more careful examination shows that there are THREE horses doing the pulling. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.209.77 (talk) 21:31, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I only see 2 horses, although there are 3 - 1 in the lead...Modernist (talk) 23:31, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

TV References
Top Gear Season 21 Episode 1 makes a parody reference to Constable and The Hay Wain - Hammond rolls the card in a ditch, and James says "....if Constable had been alive today, he would have called it the Hey, Wayne". just wanted to know if it should be added!

Thanks,

Vivek — Preceding unsigned comment added by VK87 (talk • contribs) 04:06, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Incorrect description of the vehicle
I work at the Museum of English Rural Life at the University of Reading, England. I'm as much of a wagon expert as is possible, and the vehicle depicted in the painting is not a hay wain at all. The Wiltshire and Suffolk types of wagon are far larger, squarer and have solid sides. The vehicle painted by Constable is in fact a Timber Carriage, identifiable by its lack of a bed/floor, the exposed central pole and adjustable length. You can view the Suffolk, Wiltshire and Timber wagons on our website, http://www.reading.ac.uk/merl/the_collections/the_museum/wagons.html, but there are numerous written sources I can call on also. Would it be acceptable to insert a new heading explaining the correct identification of the vehicle and how its mis-identification came about? Adamkoszary (talk) 14:05, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

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BBC article on Ash dieback
Not sure if the mention in the article merit inclusion: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54373214 85.134.125.75 (talk) 10:13, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Too trivial to mention
The article says at the end: "This painting has even been used as an illustration on YouTube for a collection of music by Vaughan Williams." Surely too trivial to be worth mentioning. 92.24.187.2 (talk) 09:01, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ I agree. Have removed it. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:51, 4 September 2021 (UTC)