Talk:The Hay Wain

message: 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)
thread_title: What's it doing there?

message: 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)
replies: text: I only see 2 horses, although there are 3 - 1 in the lead...Modernist (talk) 23:31, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Number of horses pulling wain

message: 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)
thread_title: TV References

message: 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)
thread_title: Incorrect description of the vehicle

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: 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)
thread_title:  BBC article on Ash dieback 

message: 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)
replies: text: I agree. Have removed it. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:51, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too trivial to mention