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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Stephen Bird

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Omega Workshops

Omega Workshops

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Place, Art

1 memorial
Peckham Shed

Peckham Shed

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Group, Art, Community / Clubs, Dance, Theatre

1 memorial
Edward McKnight Kauffer

Edward McKnight Kauffer

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Person, Art, France, USA

1 memorial
Central School of Arts and Crafts

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Group, Art, Craft / Design, Education

1 memorial

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Place, Property

1 memorial
G. J. Evans

G. J. Evans

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Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Sid James

Sid James

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Person, Cinema, Humour, TV & Radio, South Africa

4 memorials
Frank Elliston-Erwood

Frank Elliston-Erwood

SE18, Foxcroft Road, 6

Frank Charles Elliston-Erwood FSA, archaeologist & historian, 1883 - 1968, lived here 1912 - 1968. Woolwich Antiquarian Society

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Michael Whittard

Michael Whittard

Died, aged 39,  when a construction crane crashed. See Martin Burgess for details of the crash.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial