John Constable

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Self-portrait by John Constable

Boatbuilding by John Constable

The White Horse by John Constable

Salibury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close by John Constable

Constable, John: Study of Clouds over the Sea, Brighton

John Constable: Trees and a Stretch of Water on the Stour

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Born	June 11, 1776 • England
Died	March 31, 1837 (aged 60) • London • England
Notable Works	“Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Erected in the Grounds of Coleorton Hall, Leicestershire, by the Late Sir George Beaumont” • “Dedham Vale: Morning” • “Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows” • “The Hay Wain” • “The White Horse”
Movement / Style	English school

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Self-portrait by John Constable

Boatbuilding by John Constable

The White Horse by John Constable

Salibury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close by John Constable

Constable, John: Study of Clouds over the Sea, Brighton

John Constable: Trees and a Stretch of Water on the Stour

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English painter

“View with the Roman Campagna,” watercolour by John Cozens, last quarter of the 18th century; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

John Robert Cozens

British artist

Greta Bridge, watercolour by John Sell Cotman, c. 1805; in the British Museum.

John Sell Cotman

British painter

William Blake

William Blake

British writer and artist

Winslow Homer: Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)

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American artist

Poet and painter Edward Lear

Edward Lear

English painter and writer

Paul Nash

British painter

Richard Parkes Bonington: Grand Canal, Venice

Richard Parkes Bonington

British painter

Cozens, Alexander: Vale near Matlock, Derbyshire

Alexander Cozens

British artist

The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.

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English artist

Thomas Gainsborough

English painter

George Morland

British painter

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1863

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

English artist

Graham Sutherland.

Graham Sutherland

British artist

John Crome: Boys Bathing on the River Wensum, Norwich

John Crome

British painter

Macbeth and Banquo encounter the Three Witches, illustration by John Gilbert for an edition of Shakespeare's works, 1858–60.

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British painter

Joshua Reynolds: self-portrait

Joshua Reynolds

British painter

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