Person    | Male  Born 11/6/1776  Died 31/3/1837

John Constable

Categories: Art, Seriously Famous

Painter. Born in East Bergholt, on the Essex/Suffolk border. From 1819 Constable spent much of his time in Hampstead and many of his finest paintings are of Hampstead landscapes. He died in Fitzrovia and is buried, with his wife, at St John Church in Church Row, Hampstead.

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John Constable

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John Constable - Fitzrovia

John Constable, 1776 - 1837, painter, died here. LCC

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John Constable - Lower Terrace

John Constable, 1776 - 1837, artist, lived here in the summers of 1821 - 1822...

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John Constable - Mansion Gardens

The plaque has mis-named the painting; it's actually 'Hampstead Heath, with t...

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John Constable - Well Walk

John Constable (1776 - 1837), painter, lived here. L. C. C.

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