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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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“View with the Roman Campagna,” watercolour by John Cozens, last quarter of the 18th century; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Greta Bridge, watercolour by John Sell Cotman, c. 1805; in the British Museum.
John Sell Cotman
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William Blake
William Blake
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Poet and painter Edward Lear
Edward Lear
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Richard Parkes Bonington: Grand Canal, Venice
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Cozens, Alexander: Vale near Matlock, Derbyshire
Alexander Cozens
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The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
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George Morland
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Graham Sutherland.
Graham Sutherland
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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.
Sir John Gilbert
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Joshua Reynolds: self-portrait
Joshua Reynolds
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