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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Constable
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John Constable - Lower Terrace
John Constable, 1776 - 1837, artist, lived here in the summers of 1821 - 1822...
John Constable - Mansion Gardens
The plaque has mis-named the painting; it's actually 'Hampstead Heath, with t...
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Geoff Staden
Artist. We believe Glimpse @53 is about our man: "London born Geoff went to Goldsmiths College, and specialised mostly in night scenes. Working collaboratively, he later made assemblages using foun...
2 memorials
T. M. Rooke
Designer and artist. Born Thomas Matthews Rooke. We can't find his precise dates so we don't know if he made his hundred - not common even now and a rare achievement in the 1940s. From the Bedford...
1 memorial
Sir Hugh Lane
Art dealer and collector. Born Hugh Percy Lane In Ballybrack House, Douglas, Cork. He moved to London, and opened an art gallery in 1898. Here he developed a reputation as a shrewd gentleman-deale...
1 memorial
Jan Verbruggen
Master gun-founder and artist. Born at Enkhuizen in the Netherlands. After an unsuccessful attempt in 1763, he and his son Pieter were appointed master founders at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich in 177...
2 memorials
J. M. W. Turner
Born (on St George's Day) in Covent Garden. Even as he became successful he refused to modify his working-class accent. Lived alone with his father. Had few friends, two mistresses but never marrie...
11 memorials
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J. M. W. Turner - W1 - lost plaque
W1, Queen Anne Street, 23
We know no more about this plaque than what Ornamental Passions discovered: it was on an older building on this site and lost in 1937 whe...
1 subject commemorated
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