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John Constable 1776-1837 is in Painters.
On 11th June 1776 John Constable was born to Golding Constable and Ann Constable nee Watts.
1810. Ramsay Richard Reinagle (age 33). Portrait of John Constable (age 33).
1816. John Constable (age 39). Portrait of the artist's wife [his future wife] Maria Bicknell around the time of their marriage.
Maria Bicknell: In October 1816 John Constable and she were married by Bishop John Fisher at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. They had seven children. On 23rd November 1828 she died.
In October 1816 John Constable (age 40) and Maria Bicknell were married by Bishop John Fisher (age 68) at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. They had seven children.
1825. John Constable (age 48). "Salisbury Cathedral [Map] from the Bishop's Grounds".
1825. John Constable (age 48). "The Cornfield". As a gesture of appreciation for John Fisher (age 77), the Bishop of Salisbury, who commissioned this painting, Constable included the Bishop and his wife in the bottom left corner.
On 23rd November 1828 [his wife] Maria Bicknell died.
1829. John Constable (age 52). "Hadleigh Castle [Map]".
1831. John Constable (age 54). "Salisbury Cathedral [Map] from the Meadows".
1835. John Constable (age 58). Stonehenge. When he exhibited it in 1836, Constable appended a text to the title: "The mysterious monument of Stonehenge, standing remote on a bare and boundless heath, as much unconnected with the events of past ages as it is with the uses of the present, carries you back beyond all historical records into the obscurity of a totally unknown period."
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 31st March 1837 John Constable (age 60) died.