Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
John Constable
Born: June 11, 1776
Died: March 31, 1837 (aged 60)
Bio: John Constable was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home now known as "Constable Country" which he invested with an intensity of affection.
Known for:
- The Hay Wain (1821)
- Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows (1831)
- The Cornfield (1826)
- The Lock (1824)
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