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All paintings are Constable’s unless otherwise specified.
Abergavenny (ship) 93–4
Ackermann’s Repository of Art 85
AGBI see Artists’ General Benevolent Institution
Agnews 318
Albus, Anita 9–10
Algarotti, Count Francesco: Essay on Painting 13–14
Allen, Jane (née Watts) 14
Allen, Thomas 14
Allen, Lieutenant Thomas 77
Allnutt, John 70
Allston, Washington 103
Alston, Edward 136
Altree, W.W. 288
Andrew, Reverend Dr James: portrait of (1818) 103
Appleton, Mr (tub-maker) 154
Archbutt, Samuel 308
Archer-Burton, Lancelot (formerly South) 306, 308
Arnold, Mrs Charles 89
Arnold, J.W. 235
Arrowsmith, John 123, 150, 152, 153, 154, 159, 164, 167, 210, 258
Artists’ General Benevolent Institution (AGBI) 103, 110, 165, 178, 246, 253, 300–1
Arundel Mill and Castle (1837) 297, 300, 305, 306
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 317
Athenaeum 215, 248, 276, 291
Atkinson, Christopher, MP 20
Atkinson, Mary 310
Austen, Jane
Sanditon 146
Sense and Sensibility 55
Autumn Wood, An (1816) 85
Aylesbury, Marquess of 152
Baillie, Dr Matthew 137
Baily, E.B. 100
Bannister, Jack 168, 178, 226, 251, 286, 294
Barge on the Stour, A (1827) 179
Barge Passing a Lock, A (c. 1823) 138, 139
Baring, Maurice xv
Barnwell, Reverend F.H. 79
Beauchamp, John: foundry 239
Beaumont, Sir George 12; introduces Constable to Claude 12–13, 23, 29, 182; as mentor to Constable 13, 28, 36, 176, 234; as artist 39, 144; other protegés 46, 249, 250; relationship with Constable 13, 66, 142–3, 144–5, 152, 166; on Bourdon 267; erects memorial to Reynolds 288–90; death 176; bequest to Lawrence 209
Beaumont, Lady 7, 12, 36, 142
Beauvoir, Richard Benyon de 237, 243, 244, 245
Beckett, Ronald: John Constable’s Correspondence xvi–xvii
Beckford, William: Fonthill 141–2
Beechey, Sir William 100, 220, 287, 306
Bell, Clive 318
Bell’s Weekly Messenger 122, 291, 303
Berchem, Nicolaes 268, 272, 288
Bickmore, W.E. 279, 283
Bicknell, Catherine (Maria’s sister) 67, 83, 108, 121, 145
Bicknell, Charles (Maria’s father) 8, 27, 49–50, 52; and Constable’s courtship of his daughter 50, 54, 55, 56, 62, 63, 74, 81, 84, 87; offended by Constable 70; inherits from Dr Rhudde 79; and his daughter’s wedding 91, 95; tries to influence Constable’s Academy election 91; gives Maria an allowance 96, 108; his Putney cottage 96; becomes godfather to the Constables’ first son 101; convalesces in Brighton 173; complains of being hard up 175; death 182; bequests to his daughters 182, 306
Bicknell, Durand (Maria’s brother) 51, 145
Bicknell, Maria Elizabeth (née Rhudde; Maria’s mother) 8, 27, 50, 51, 62–3, 68, 76–7, 79
Bicknell, Louisa (Maria’s sister) see Sanford, Louisa
Bicknell, Maria see Constable, Maria
Bicknell, Samuel (Maria’s brother) 63, 108, 121, 145
Bigg, W.R. 100, 154, 190–91
Blackwood’s magazine 277, 305
Blake, William 109, 112, 177–8, 251
Bloomfield, Robert: The Farmer’s Boy 69, 128, 129
Blower, Mr (headmaster) 4
Boat-Building (1814–15) 73, 76
Boat Passing a Lock, A (1829) 215
Bogdani, Mrs (née Rhudde) 8, 50
Bogdani, William 8, 50
Boner, Charles: as tutor to Constable’s sons 203–4, 206, 240, 241, 242; as Constable’s factotum 239, 255, 262; Constable’s letters to 235, 244, 247, 252, 270, 271, 274, 283; becomes tutor in Germany 270, 312; regrets not being Constable’s biographer 312
Bonington, Richard Parkes 111–12, 181
Borrowdale… (1806) 38
Both, Jan 272, 288
Boucher, François 269, 272
Bourdon, Sébastien 267
Bourgeois, Sir Francis 34
Bowen, Captain 179
Boys Fishing (1813) 65, 66, 67
Bradstreet, Robert 16
Brantham church, Suffolk: Christ Blessing the Children (c. 1804) 36, 43
Bridge, The (View on the Stour, near Dedham) (1822) 124, 125, 135, 137, 150
Bridgeman, Reverend George: portrait of 67
Bridges, George, and family: portrait of 34
Briggs, Henry 244
Brighton, Sussex 153, 156, 157–9, 165, 168, 174, 185
Brightwell Church and Village (1815) 79
British Institution exhibitions 66, 137, 152, 206; (1813) 67; (1814) 70; (1819) 106; (1822) 123; (1825) 159, 164; (1828) 181; (1829) 194–5
British Museum, London 14, 311, 317
Britton, John 215
Brookes, Joshua 28
Brougham, Henry Brougham, Baron 226
Bryan, Michael: art gallery 24
Buckinghamshire (ship) 280, 281, 293, 294, 309, 313
Burnet, John 53
Byron, George Gordon, Lord 66, 151
Cadogan, Lord 152
Callcott, Augustus Wall 139, 177, 193, 292
Canning, George 177
Carlisle, Anthony 42
Caroline, Queen 114–15, 226
Carpenter, James 67, 120, 166, 215, 313
Carpenter, William 215, 251, 272, 278, 306, 307, 308
Carracci, Annibale 22, 267
Cary, F.S. 311
Cenotaph, The (1833–36) 237, 288–91, 289, 297, 317
Chain Pier, Brighton, The (1827) 176–7, 181, 307
Chalon, Alfred 191, 248
Chalon, John 278
Chantrey, Francis 171, 182, 184, 193–4, 248, 258, 287, 292
Charles X, of France 160
Chiverton, Thomas 225–6
Christie’s (auctioneers) 246, 257, 316
Clark, Kenneth 318
Claude Lorrain 12–13, 82, 126, 267, 307; influence on Constable 13, 36, 52, 53, 71, 72, 176; pictures copied by Constable 18, 119, 143–4, 272, 315
Hagar and the Angel 12–13, 23, 29, 182
Landscape with Goatherd and Goats 143–4
Liber Veritatis 211
Clerk, Mr and Mrs Walter 103, 107, 284–5
Cloud Study (with verses from Bloomfield) (c. 1822) 129
Cobbett, William 115, 118, 274
Cobbold, Elizabeth 16, 17
Cobbold, Harriet 34
Cobbold, Sophia 34
Coleorton Hall, Leicestershire 12, 142–5; monument to Reynolds 237, 288–90
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 39, 40, 219
Collins, William 111, 117, 177; relationship with Constable 111, 138, 163, 182, 195, 251; his work criticised by Constable 111, 251, 295; criticism of Constable’s work 121; on Constable after his death 252
Colnaghi, Dominic: Constable to 187
Colnaghi, Paul 150
Colnaghis, the 214, 218
Constable, Abram (uncle) 2, 6
Constable, Abram (brother): birth 5; starts work in family business 17; as family intermediary and messenger 43, 51; and mother’s funeral 75–6; and Dr Rhudde 76, 88, 94, 95; deals with family affairs 86, 107, 109; portrait (c. 1806) 104; sets up house with sister (Mary) 104; and The Hay Wain 121; and agricultural depression 123, 135; praises Johnny Dunthorne 151; sends money to Constable 166; illness and his brother’s visit 172; tries to put Constable off from visiting 178; pleased by Bicknell bequest 182–3; cheerful letters to Constable 184, 187; visits Constable on Maria’s death 188–9; and Constable’s election 191–2; and death of his dog 198; advises Constable to make allowances for Golding 199; praises Mrs Roberts 202; has Constable to stay 225, 236, 274; cheers Constable when ill 229; as uncle 229, 241; and Charley’s schooling 239; receives Christmas port from Constable 246; and Constable’s reviews 277, 290; gets Charley posting on ship 280; brings linseed oil for Lucas 283–4; involved in ‘vast works’ on lock gates 284; and Mary’s land purchase 284; at Constable’s funeral 303; money owed to Constable 306; discord with nephews and nieces 309; has Alfred to stay 311; on his brother’s paintings 9, 243, 244, 313
Constable, Alfred Abram (‘Alfie’; son): birth and christening 175; illness 176, 185; childhood 203, 230, 280, 311; education 239, 241, 282–3; in Hampstead 293, 296; exhibits at Royal Academy 311; death 312
Constable, Ann (née Watts) (mother): marriage 2–3; and Constable’s schooling 4; her ‘connections’ 7, 11–12, 19; and the Dunthornes 10, 11, 68–9, 75; and J.T. Smith 17; her hopes for Constable’s future 8, 17, 58, 73; keeps Constable abreast of village news 20–21, 25, 43–4, 46–7, 74; portrait (c. 1803) 35, 35; worried about husband’s health 43; approves of Constable’s courtship of Maria 49, 57–8; recognises the importance of Dr Rhudde 50–51, 58–9, 75; maternal worries 51–2, 56; offended by Maria’s brother 63; stroke and death 75, 80
Constable, Ann (sister): childhood 3, 5–6; and father’s death 86; runs dog kennels 87; invites the Constables to stay 94, 95, 98; and sale of family house 103, 104; portrait 105; as godmother to Maria Louisa 108; in a prickly mood 121; house burgled 135; apologises to Constable for ‘some passing clouds’ 188; praises Johnny Dunthorne 204–5
Constable, Charles Golding (‘Charley’; son): birth 120, 162–3; childhood 144, 164, 166, 173, 203, 238, 240; portraits 238, 300; and Mrs Roberts 202, 309; tutored by Boner 203–4, 206; at school in Folkestone 206, 239–40, 241–2; interest in drawing 240–41, 311; goes to sea 279–82, 293–4, 309; marriages 309; children 309; friction with sisters 310–11; denounces Constable pictures as fakes 311; and his brothers’ artistic talents 311–12; approves of Leslie’s Life 313; on The Cornfield 170–71
Constable, Emily (‘Emma’; daughter) 162–3, 173, 202, 203, 225, 246, 282, 284, 293, 310
Constable, George (friend) 228, 241, 253, 257, 297, 316; Constable to 249–50, 276, 282, 290, 293
Constable, Golding (father) 2; marriage 2–3; business 6, 11, 73; and Constable’s future 4, 8; and Constable’s artistic career 10, 15, 17, 19–20, 28, 29, 34, 42, 43; ill health 52, 56; repairs Dedham Mill 47; saves employee from press gang 52; sends Constable advice and cash 57; worried by criticism of Constable’s work 59; approves of his portrait work 60; further illness 74; makes a will 76; portrait (1815) 78; toasts Constable’s health 78; given private view of Wheat Field 85; illness and death 85–6
Constable, Golding (brother) 3, 5, 9, 25, 36, 82, 103–4, 147, 180, 284, 303, 308; Constable’s letters to 151, 180, 189, 198, 199
Constable, Hugh Golding (grandson) 311
Constable, Isabel (daughter) 136, 153, 154, 173, 203, 222, 225, 284, 293, 311, 317
Constable, John
1776–1810 birth and christening 2; childhood 4–5; schooling 1, 3–4, 8, 203, 282; works in family business 8–10, 15; early illustrations 9; adolescence 10, 11; on painting expeditions with John Dunthorne (q.v.) 10–11; and his mother’s contacts 11–12; introduced to Sir George Beaumont and Claude (qq.v.) 12–13; early landscape 13; early influences and mentors 13–17, 19; introduced to Farington (q.v.) 17; becomes Probationer at Royal Academy 18, see under Royal Academy; relationship with Reinagle 18, 19, 21, 27; summer in East Bergholt 19–20; first year as Royal Academy student 21–5; paints at Helmingham Park 25–6; sees Maria Bicknell 26, 26–7; stays with sister and family 28; on Peak District sketching tour 28; at anatomy lectures 28–9; picture accepted for 1802 Academy exhibition 29 (for subsequent exhibition entries see Royal Academy: Exhibitions); advised against accepting post as drawing master 29; determined to study nature 30; suffers from neuralgia and toothache 30; voyage on the Coutts 32–3; critical of Academy art 33–4; sketches on Orwell River 34; paints portraits of villagers 34–5, and altarpieces 36; supported by relatives 36–7; success as portraitist 37, 38, 39; tours Lake District 37–40; friendships with Wilkie, Haydon and Jackson 40, 45–6; puts name in for Academy elections 40, 42, see under Royal Academy; support and criticism from his uncle 42–3; short of money 43; avoids military service 44; plein-air painting in Suffolk 44; stays with connections and relations 46–7; romance blossoms with Maria Bicknell 74–8; ‘finds himself’ as a painter 48
1810–19 and ups and downs of courtship 49, 51, 54–8, 60–3, 64; copies watercolour of East Bergholt church for Dr Rhudde 51; paints at Bergholt ‘from nature’ 52–3; receives advice from uncle on 35th birthday 53–4; gets to know John Fisher (q.v.) 54; landscapes gaining approval 59; continued popularity as portrait painter 59–60; fondness for Johnny Dunthorne (q.v.) 60; and Charlotte Street fire 64–5; dinner with Turner (q.v.) 65–6; walks with Stothard 66; at British Institution banquet 66; finally free of debt 67; courtship continues 67–8, 69, 70–72; unintentionally offends Maria’s father 70; delights in Thames estuary 71; paints in East Bergholt 72–3; back in London 74; more frequent meetings with Maria 74; and mother’s death 75–6; and cousin’s death at Waterloo 77; hard at work in London 77, and East Bergholt 79–80; worries about Maria’s health and about money 81; and land enclosure at East Bergholt 82; breakdown of friendship with Dunthorne 83; offends Dr Rhudde 83–4; makes up mind to marry without further delay 84, 87; and father’s death and his inheritance 85–6; pre-wedding nerves 88; wedding 89–91; on honeymoon with the Fishers 92–4; back in Charlotte Street with Maria 94; apologises to her father but makes no progress with Dr Rhudde 94–5, 105; hunts for new home 96; with Maria in East Bergholt 98–100; dinner at Farington’s 101; and birth of first child 101; begins to think of pictures on a larger scale 101; sells landscapes 102; busy with portraits 102–3; elected to directorship of AGBI 103; sells The White Horse 107; inherits from Dr Rhudde 108; and second child 108
1819–25 a ‘change of air’ in Hampstead 108–9; autumn in Flatford 109–10; finally elected Associate member 110–11; inherits from aunt 115; at George IV’s birthday dinner 117; takes Maria and children to Fishers’ 117–18; on sketching trips with John Fisher 118–19; reads White’s History of Selborne 119–20; and birth of third child 120; gets Johnny Dunthorne to draw wagon for The Hay Wain 121; in Suffolk at Easter (1821) 121; and French interest in The Hay Wain 122–3; money problems 123; with Maria on Hampstead Heath 123; commissioned to paint Manningtree church altarpiece 123, 134, 136; joins Fisher in Salisbury 124; draws boats for Fisher 125; ‘skying’ on Hampstead Heath 125–8, 130–32; buys Farington’s house in Charlotte Street 133–4; in court as witness against neighbouring bawdy house 134; and agricultural distress in Suffolk 135; and birth of fourth child 136–7; depressed and run-down 137–8; in trouble for repeating gossip 138; health and mood improve 139–40; stays in Southgate with Judkin 140; has ‘great row’ with Turner and Collins 140; visits Fisher 140–41; makes trip to Fonthill 141–2; looks after Fisher’s dog 142; calls on niece 142–3; stays with Beaumont at Coleorton Hall 142, 143–5, 146; suffers from neuralgia 145; worries about Maria’s health 145; recommends brother to Countess of Lysart 147; sells pictures 149–50; cheered by Johnny Dunthorne’s help and companionship 151–2; paintings successful in France 152–3, 159–60; sends Maria and children to Brighton 153, 154–6; leads split existence 153, 154; writes journal for Maria 154, 155–6, 165–6; suffers stomach pains 155–6; in Brighton 157–9; awarded gold medal by Charles X 160, 164
1825–31 further illness and depression 159; worries about Maria and the children 164–5; and Beaumont’s visit 166; accepts Stothard’s alterations 166; quarrels with French dealer 167; with Maria in Brighton 168–9; awarded another gold medal 169; and Abram’s illness 172; and his children 173; takes Maria to Hampstead 173–4; back in Brighton 174–5; and birth of sixth child 175; finds permanent Hampstead home 175–6; concerned about Blake’s widow 177–8; friendship with Jack Bannister 178; takes oldest children to Flatford Mill 178–80; and birth of last child 181; very worried about Maria 181, 182; lobbies Academy members 181–2; and Maria’s inheritance from her father 182–3; and Johnny Dunthorne’s departure 183, 204–6; disheartened by 1828 exhibition 183–4; and Maria’s death 185–7, 188–90; finally elected as Academician 191–2; social engagements 194–5; takes oldest children to the Fishers’ 195–7; buys back two paintings from Fisher 198; and Lawrence’s death 199; and his children 200–3; and their schooling 203–4; enters their names in family Bible (1831) 206; attends Academy meetings and assemblies 206–7; joins Arrangement Committee 207; and mix-up over Water Meadows at Salisbury 207–9; presents Reynolds’s palette to the Academy 209; begins work on English Landscape (q.v.) 210, see also Lucas, David; sketched by Maclise (c. 1831) 220, 221; ill health 220, 222; as Visitor at Life School 220, 221–2; hanging arrangements annoy Turner 223–4; takes girls to Dedham 225; writes obituary for farmworker 225–6; gives celebratory dinner 226; at coronation of William IV 226–7; further illness and depression 227, 228–9; and support from the Leslies 229–30
1832–37 and after works himself back into painting routine 230; exhibits Whitehall Stairs 230–32; and Johnny Dunthorne’s illness and death 232–3, 235–6; takes boys to lecture on volcanoes 238; and John Fisher’s death 233–4; borrows a Ruysdael from Peel 234–5; and Reinagle’s unsuccessful sale 235; further anxieties about the children and their education 238–40, 241–2; takes pleasure in his children 240–41; in Folkestone with John Charles 241, 242; drawings and paintings 242, 242; Englefield House commission 237, 242–3, 244–6; finds Wells an irritant 243, 244; has time for happier jobs 246; upset by painting going for next to nothing at auction 246–7; and deaths of friends 247, 249–50; and departure of Leslie to America 247–9; and Wilkie 250–51, Linnell 251–2, Lane 252–3, and George Constable 253; concern with the needy 253–4; rheumatic fever 255–6; at Lord Egremont’s 257–60; sketches House of Parliament fire 260–61; further depression 261; altercation with Lucas 261–2; supports him in Academy election 264; lectures on art 217, 265–73, 293; his mezzotints of The Lock and The Cornfield criticised 274–5; sells The Valley Farm 276-7; and Landseer’s cat 277; cannot stop working on paintings 277–8; and Charley’s departure to sea 280–82; becomes owner of Bergholt land 284–5; friendship with Leslie (q.v.) 286–7, and Rogers 287–8; pestered by ‘sparrows’ 288; his entries for final exhibition at Somerset House 288–92; at farewell dinner 292; as Visitor of Life School 293, 298–9; 60th birthday 293; sends pictures to Worcester exhibition 293; and Charley’s return from first voyage 293–4; socialises with Leslie and Wilkie 294–5, 296; last days 299–301; death 301–2, 303; death masks 302, 303; funeral 303–4; assets 306–7; sale of works 307, 308; posthumous reputation 314–17, 318–19
personal traits etc: appearance 20, 40, 44; and children 101, 200, 201, 203, 240; depression 66, 137, 159, 180, 261; friendships 111, see Dunthorne, John and John, the Younger, Farington, Joseph, Fisher, John, Leslie, Charles R.; generosity/a giver 103, 140, 165–6, 177–8, 179, 253–4, 300; good with birds 156; and grief 75–6, 188, 189; melancholy 24, 27, 54, 112; moodiness 21; obsessional concentration 40, 92; and other artists 111–12, see also Collins, William, Turner, J.M.W.; and political issues 114–15, 223, 226, 227–8, 274; prickliness 111; reaction to compliments 112; and religion 28–9, 68; sarcasm 111; spelling 60, 203; see also Leslie, Charles: Memoirs…
Constable, John Charles (son): birth and christening 101; childhood 103, 108, 117, 119, 120, 125, 153, 154, 159; illness 137; with his father 178–80, 195, 196, 197, 200, 201, 202, 238, 240; with Mrs Roberts in Brighton 202; tutored by Boner 203–4; worried by sister’s illness 206; portrait 238; sleepwalks 238; scientific interests 239, 240, 241, 257, 267; joins brother in Folkestone school 240; sleepwalks again and injures leg 241; has rheumatic fever 255; stays with George Constable 257, 282; in France 283; studies and helps father 283; in Flatford 284, 293; works for Cambridge entrance 283, 299; and Constable’s death 301, 303–4; and his father’s pictures 306, 307, 308, 316; transfers colleges to be with friend 307; and sister’s death 310; death 310
Constable, Lionel Bicknell (son) 180–81, 200, 203, 239, 241, 283, 293, 311–12, 317
Constable, Maria (née Bicknell; wife) xvii; first seen by Constable as a child 26, 26–7, 46; Constable falls in love with 47–8, 49–50; and death of brother 51; in Worcestershire with half-sister 51, 52; and Constable’s courtship 54–5, 55–9, 60, 61, 62–3, 64, 67–8, 69; ill health 68; and Constable’s unintended slight to her father 70; further meetings with Constable 71, 74, 77; cross at his propensity to avoid notice 73; and death of her dog 81; exasperated by Constable’s painting 82; regards John Dunthorne as unfit friend for Constable 83; further illness 84; and Constable’s determination to marry as soon as possible 84, 87; given new dog by him 87; wedding 88–91; portrait (1816) 90; on honeymoon with Fishers 92–4; married life 94; miscarriage and first pregnancy 95; with father and sister in Putney 96; with Constable in East Bergholt 98; birth of first child 101; inherits from grandfather 105, 108; birth of second child 108; moves to Hampstead 108–9; accompanies Constable to thank Farington for help in election 111; with Constable at the Fishers’ 117; back in Hampstead 119; birth of third child 120; and death of brother 121; left with new baby by Constable 121, 123; ‘placid and contented’ in Hampstead 125; moves into Charlotte Street house 133; back in Hampstead 134; birth of fourth child 136; ‘extremely delicate’ and needing care 137–8; and Constable’s visit to Sir George Beaumont 142, 144; health deteriorates 145–6; in Brighton 152, 153, 154–5, 158; returns to London 159; birth of fifth child 162–3; does not recover in Hampstead 164; with Constable in Brighton 168; amused by Poussin’s letters 169; with her sister and daughter in Putney 173; birth of sixth child 173, 174, 175; ‘extream weakness’ 175, 180; birth of seventh child 180–81; inherits from her father 182; portrait 186; last months and death 185–8;
Constable, Maria Louisa (‘Minna’; daughter): birth and christening 108, 115; childhood 117, 119, 125, 153, 157, 159, 164, 173; with father at Flatford 178–9; and mother’s death 185, 197; with father in Salisbury 195, 196, 197; illness 200; schooling 200; with ‘her foolish aunt’ 202, 228, 284, 293; tries to fill mother’s role 202–3, 282; further illness 206, 232; with father at Dedham 225; missed by Constable at Christmas 228; and Constable’s pictures 310–11, 313, 316; friction with brother 311; death 317
Constable, Martha (sister) see Whalley, Martha
Constable, Mary (sister): birth 5; character 6; and Constable 5, 21, 57, 70; and his marriage and Dr Rhudde 94, 95; joins Abram in Flatford Mill house 104; portrait 105; sends presents to Constable 136, 169; and life in East Bergholt 151, 152, 172; and visits from Constable and his children 178, 225, 236; offers to distribute Constable’s ‘winter comforts’ to villagers 254; suggests cure for rheumatic fever 256; buys land 284, 285; has Alfred to stay 311
Constable, Minna see Constable, Maria Louisa
Constable, Sidey (cousin) 32, 246, 254, 279
Cook, Captain James 32
Cook, Richard 124, 134, 201
Cookson, Christopher 216
Cooper, Abraham 100, 207–8
Cornfield, The (1826) 170–72, 173, 180, 193, 306, 314, 317; mezzotints 217, 261, 274, 275
Cotman, John Sell 307
Cottage, A (1823) 139
Cottage in a Cornfield (1817) 97
Cottage in a Cornfield, A (1833) 246, 317
Country Road, A (1794) 13
Cousins, Samuel 264
Coutts (ship) 32–3, 192, 259, 281, 309
Cowper, William 301
Coxe, Peter 140, 152
Cozens, Alexander 12, 36, 143, 176, 269
Cozens, John Robert 272
Cranch, John 14–15, 18–19
Crotch, Dr William 36–7, 42
Daguerre, Louis 150
Dale, Lucy 134
Danby, Francis 191
Daniell, Thomas 124
Daniell, William 124, 134
Darby, Francis 163, 164, 316
Darwin, Charles 240
David, Jacques-Louis 269
Davis, Dr 213, 220
Dawe, George: Eliza O’Neill 77
Dedham 2; church 2, 100, 136n, 162, 320; Duke of Marlborough 2, 183; Grammar School 3, 4, 8; watermill 6, 8, 9
Dedham Lock and Mill (1817) 97
Dedham Lock and Mill (1818) 101–2, 102
Dedham Mill and Church (1821) 119
Dedham Vale (1802) 13, 30, 182
Dedham Vale (1828) 182, 184, 250
Dedham Vale (1836 engraving) 293
Dedham Vale: Morning (1811) 52
Delacroix, Eugène 117, 150, 159, 164, 181, 314, 318
Massacre at Scio 159
Dell Scene (1830) 207
Desborough, Ettie xv
De Wint, Peter 215
Dickens, Charles 109, 146, 230, 249
Didot, Firmin 164
Dog Watching a Watervole, A (1831) 225, 225
Dover, Agar Ellis, Lord 218–19
Drew, Mr (apothecary) 144, 155, 220, 240
Driffield, Reverend Walter W. 2, 71, 88, 99, 136n, 192
Dubois, Edward 112, 194, 223, 224, 232, 246, 247, 277, 290
Dughet, Gaspar 24, 33
Dunthorne, Hannah (née Bird) 10, 75
Dunthorne, Hannah (daughter) 10, 183
Dunthorne, John: painting expeditions with Constable 10–11, 13, 17, 24, 26, 169; unwell and missing Constable 24–5; impecunious 47; inscribes plaque for Constable drawing 51; marriage 10, 75; thriving 60; regarded as unfit companion for Constable 83, 121; gains respect 152; thrilled at Constables receiving Bicknell bequest 183; pleased at Constable’s election 192; and his son’s death 236; sent mezzotints by Constable 274; death 236; Constable’s letters to xvi, 18, 22–3, 24, 27, 28, 29–30, 32, 33, 68
Dunthorne, John, the younger (Johnny) 10; as his father’s greatest gift to Constable 60, 68–9; provides Constable with sketches of wagon for The Hay Wain 121, 151; becomes Constable’s apprentice and companion 151–2, 153, 154, 159, 160, 163, 166, 167, 168; success as artist and restorer 152, 178, 183, 204–6; paints portrait of Abram Constable’s dog 198; taken to British Institution party by Constable 206; keeps Constable’s sister informed about his health 229; illness and death 232–3, 235–6
A Country Lane 152
A Glade in a Wood (1827) 177
Self-portrait 205
Dunthorne, Thomas 206
Dysart, Countess of 60, 70
Dysart, Lady Louisa Manners, Countess of 25; sits to Constable 67; a good patron to him 85, 119, 140; employs Golding Constable as warden 147, 180; makes gifts of venison to Constable 147, 178, 226, 296; relations with Constable 202, 246, 253, 258
Dysart, William Tollemache, 6th Earl of 25, 42, 43, 59, 70, 147
Eagles, Reverend John 117, 277, 305–6
East Bergholt, Suffolk 3, 11, 19–20, 31, 44, 47, 52–3, 71, 78–9, 107–8, 319–20; Church 44, 236, 319; Constable windmill 2, 8, 80; fair (1815) 79; enclosure of common 82; Fen Lane 1, 99–100, 170; Moss Cottage 20, 319; Old Hall Park 99
East Bergholt, Suffolk (print) 216, 263
East Bergholt Church (1810) 44–5
East Bergholt Church (1817) 97
East Bergholt House 3, 4–5, 6–7, 20, 47, 79–80; sale of 86, 103, 104
East Bergholt House (mezzotint) 118
East India Company 280
Eastlake, Charles 112, 191, 226
Edge of a Wood, The (1802) 29
Egremont, George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of 229, 257–9, 260
Elizabeth House, Hampstead (Miss Noble’s school) 200, 203, 206, 282, 299
Elm trees in Old Hall Park, East Bergholt (1817) 99
Englefield House (1833) 237, 242, 243, 244–6, 252
English Landscape (book of mezzotints) 130, 210–19, 220, 221, 227, 233, 239, 241, 246, 252, 253, 261, 262–3, 265, 307, 313
Esk House (1806) 39
Etty, William 182, 184, 222, 228, 292, 298, 299
Evans, Dr Herbert 187, 189, 195, 206, 238, 255, 303, 306, 310
Everard, Mrs (East Bergholt widow) 51, 59
Examiner, The 45, 59, 65, 76, 85, 106, 116, 122, 135, 171
Faraday, Michael 267, 268, 306
Farington, Joseph: Constable introduced to 17; and Constable’s admission as Academy Probationer 18; on Reinagle’s sisters 21; lends Constable Wilson picture to copy 23; as Constable’s confidant 24, 34, 53, 62, 87, 95, 100–1, 102, 250; meets Constable in Dovedale 28; advises him against accepting post as drawing master 29, and to study nature 30; thinks Dedham Vale ‘rather too cold’ 30; goes abroad 31; dreams of French invasion 33; and civil war in the Academy 34; hears from Constable of Watts/West contretemps 37, and of Wordsworth 39, 40; and Constable’s election as Associate member 40, 42, 45, 71, 91, 110, 111; critical of Watts 42; advises Constable on his landscapes 44, 135; encourages him 52; present at erection of Reynolds memorial 290; lives opposite Constable 55, 64; approves of Boys Fishing 66; advises Constable on new house 96; invites Constable to dinner 101; gives advice on The White Horse 106; at King’s birthday dinner 117; and The Hay Wain 119, 120, 121; death 124; his house occupied by Constable 133, 165
Farmhouse near the water’s edge (c. 1834) 289
Farmyard by a Navigable River in Suffolk – Summer Morning (1836) 293
Farnham, Harriet 83
Fen Lane, East Bergholt (1817, unfinished) 99–100
Fisher, Dorothea 103, 119, 136
Fisher, Elizabeth see Mirehouse, Elizabeth
Fisher, Emma 141, 200
Fisher, Frank 141, 197
Fisher, Dr John, Bishop of Salisbury: takes interest in Constable’s career 19, 29, 234; portraits painted by Constable 54, 59, 60 (1811–12), 103 (1818); at Reynolds exhibition 66; continues to support Constable 68; conducts son’s wedding 87; has the Constables to stay 92; and death of George III 114; commissions Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds 119, 128, 136, and a sunnier Salisbury Cathedral 134, 139, 141; death 164
Fisher, Reverend (later Archdeacon) John: friendship with Constable 4, 54, 65, 68, 111, 247, 296; gives advice on his paintings 65; marriage 87; marries Constable and Maria 88, 89, 91; invites them to honeymoon in Osmington 92–4; names Constable’s new home 96; portrait (1817) 97, 97; appointed Archdeacon of Berkshire 107; buys Constable’s White Horse 107; as godfather to Constable’s first daughter 108; congratulates Constable on his election 110; translates Latin epigraph for him 216; buys Stratford Mill for Tinney 116; has Constable and family to stay in Salisbury 117–18; reminds him to paint eclipse 118–19; encourages him to work on ‘Waterloo Bridge’ 119; and two sudden deaths 119; recommends that Constable read White’s Selborne 119–20; on the atmosphere at the Exhibition 121–2; lends Constable money 123; takes him sketching 123; invites him to Salisbury 124; asks Constable to find him a boat 125; consoles him on his failure to be elected 134; cannot afford The Hay Wain 135, 140, 150; moves back to Osmington 137; perceptive about Constable 140; and Constable’s visit 141, 142; visits Fonthill with him 141–2; hopes to buy a Constable picture 148; and Constable’s success in France 153, 159; suggests he vary his subject matter 161; lends his Constable paintings to Lille museum 164; urges Constable to rid himself of anxiety 165; and Constable’s dispute with Arrowsmith 167–8; busy with ecclesiastical duties 174; suggests Constable write down his thoughts 174, 265; wants to write Constable’s biography 174, 312; lends him money again 176; praises Chain Pier, Brighton 177; feels Constable will cope with his bereavement 188, 189; pleased at Constable’s election as Academician 190, 191, 196; advises him not to work so hard 195; with Constable and his children in Salisbury 195–7, 223; praises Minna 197; money problems and asks Constable to buy back pictures 198; a Siberian winter in Osmington 199; does not want daughter to read ‘morbid’ stories 200; tells Constable of flogging at Eton 203; hears of Johnny Dunthorne’s skills as a restorer 205; recommends Constable makes lithographs of his pictures 211; and Constable’s dedication of English Landscape 218; and political climate 228; his sudden death and its effect on Constable 233–4; Constable’s letters to 111, 116, 117, 120, 126–7, 130–31, 133, 134, 135, 137, 139–40, 149, 151, 157, 158, 159–60, 161, 162, 163, 164, 167, 168, 169, 170, 172, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 181, 183, 188, 193, 205, 207, 209, 210, 234, 242, 258, 312
Fisher, Mary 92, 93, 117, 141, 142, 197, 199; portrait (1816) 93, 97; Constable to 234
Fisher, Osmond 141, 197, 203, 307, 310
Fisher, William (‘Belim’) 141
Fisk, W.H. 288
Fitzhugh, Philadelphia (née Godfrey) 72–3, 76
Fitzhugh, Thomas 72, 73
Flatford, Suffolk 109–10; dry dock 73; watermill 6, 8, 9; see also East Bergholt House
Flatford Mill (1816–17) 89
Flatford Mill from the Lock (1812) 59
Flatford Mill House 104
Flaxman, John 22, 181
Fletcher, Sarah (née Bicknell) see Skey, Sarah
Folkestone (1833) 242, 242
Fontaine (destitute organist) 165–6, 253
Fonthill, Wiltshire 141–2
Forbin, Comte Auguste de 159
Forster, Thomas: Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena 128
France: at war with 16, 31, 33, 82, 77, 172; Constable’s success in 159–60; John Charles Constable in 283
Freer, Mary: portrait of (1809) 46
Freud, Lucian xv, 319
Frick, Henry Clay 316
Frith, Mr (music teacher) 200
Frith, W.P. 207, 222, 235
Frost, George 17, 34, 307
Fry, Roger 318
Fuseli, Henry 22, 31, 126, 139
Gainsborough, Thomas 12, 16, 19, 25, 29, 36, 37, 45, 53, 210, 229, 257, 269, 297, 307
Gardner, David 38
Gardner, George 38
Gates, John 7
Gentleman’s Magazine 77, 194, 260
George III 7, 19, 34, 49, 92, 114, 137
George IV (formerly Prince Regent) 49–50, 98, 114, 116, 148, 153, 226, 230
Géricault, Théodore 122, 150
Gessner, Saloman 87
Gillingham, Dorset 117, 118, 141, 142, 168, 198
Gillingham Mill (1826) 168, 171, 177
Gilpin, William 126
On Picturesque Beauty 16
Girtin, Thomas 12, 39, 45, 176, 270
Glebe Farm, The (1830) 204, 295, 317
Godfrey, Mrs 59, 178–9
Godfrey, Peter 5, 59, 72, 73, 109, 135
Godfrey, Philadelphia see Fitzhugh, Philadelphia
Gooch, Dr Robert 120, 137, 173, 187, 188, 251–2, 304
Gosse, Philip 240
Grimwood, Dr Thomas 2, 3, 4, 8, 47
Gubbins, James (Constable’s cousin) 16, 72, 77
Gubbins, James (Constable’s uncle) 36
Gubbins, Mary (née Watts) 36, 92
Gubbins, Colonel Richard 72, 175
Gubbins family 46, 55, 68
Gunn, Martha 158
Hackert, Philipp 272
Hadleigh Castle (The Nore) (1829) 192–4, 256, 308
Ham House, Richmond, Surrey 25, 42
Hamerton, Philip G. 314, 317
Hampstead 108, 109, 130, 131; Constable’s homes: Albion Cottage 109, Lower Terrace 123, 125, Stamford Place 140, Langham Place 173–4, Well Walk House 175–6, 178, 180, 186, 188, 207, 228, 308; St John’s church (Maria’s tomb) 188; West End Fields 215, 263; see also Hampstead Heath
Hampstead Heath 123, 125–6, 127–8, 132; spa waters 109, 176; Constable pictures 130, 131–2, 163, 178, 317, and see below
Hampstead Heath (1821) 120
Hampstead Heath (1827) 177
Hampstead Heath (1828) 182, 184
Hampstead Heath with a Rainbow 317
Hampstead Heath with Harrow in the Distance 317–18
Hampstead Heath with London in the Distance (1830) 207
Harden, Jessy 38
Harden, John 38
Harris, Thomas 151
Harrow (1821) 120
Hart, Mrs 179
Harwich Lighthouse (1821) 115, 116; (1824) 160, 317
Haverfield, J.D. 310
Hay Wain, The (Landscape: Noon) (1821) 120–21, 122–3, 128, 135, 137, 140, 150, 151, 159, 308, 316, 317
Haydon, Benjamin R. 22, 40, 45–6, 101, 111, 131, 199, 250, 292
Hazlitt, William 178 ‘Immortality in Youth’ 211
Heathcote, Katherine Sophia (née Manners), Lady: portrait of 60, 64, 67, 94
Hebbert, Henry 188, 307
Helmingham Dell (1830) 215, 246
Helmingham Park, Suffolk 25–6, 42, 70, 85, 104, 207
Henderson, John 64, 133
Hervieu, Auguste 288
Hill, David: Constable’s ‘English Landscape’ Scenery 278
Hobson, William, and family: portraits of 37
Hogarth, William 14, 15, 269
Holmes, Charles 318
Hooch, Pieter de 234–5, 268–9
Hopkins, John 253
Hopkins, Theresa 253
Hopkins, Captain William 280, 294
Hoppner, John 21, 42
Houses of Parliament: fire (1834) 260–61
Howard, Henry 226
Howard, Luke: Climate of London 128
Howard, Thomas 268
Huet, Paul 314
Hunt, Robert: reviews 65, 106, 122, 135, 171
Huntington, H.E. 316
Hurlock, Reverend Brooke 19
Hurlock, Lucy 16, 19, 27
Hurlock, William 82
Inglis, James 198
Inglis, Jane (née Mason) 198, 272
Ipswich Journal 45, 225; Dr Rhudde’s obituary 107–8
Jackson, John 45, 46, 81, 149, 183–4, 193, 195, 249
Jennings, W.G. 307
John Bull (weekly) 151, 184, 245, 305
Johnson, John G. 316
Jones, George 22, 191
Journal de Paris 152–3
Judkin, Reverend Thomas 140, 152, 153–4, 288, 304, 306
Stolen Moments 154
Keats, John 39, 40, 131, 146
Kebbell, Mr (curate) 51
King, Joseph 100
King, Stilleman: school 3–4
Landscape – breaking up of a shower (1818) 102
Landscape: Noon see Haywain, The Landseer, Edwin 195, 277
Lane, Samuel 22, 101, 103, 110, 117, 243, 245, 252–3, 288; Constable to 133, 181, 299
Lavenham School, Suffolk 4, 203, 282
Lawrence, Sir Thomas 65, 112, 243; views on Constable’s work 52, 169, 199; as President of the Academy 114, 116–17; awarded Legion of Honour by Charles X 160; pictures praised by Constable 183–4; and Constable’s election as Academician 191; death and funeral 199; effects sold 209
Leaping Horse, The (1825) 161–2, 163, 164, 170, 173, 308
Lee, F.R. 198, 244
Lenox, Colonel James 316
Leonardo da Vinci: Trattura (Treatise) 13–14, 127
Leslie, Ann 230
Leslie, Charles R.: meets Constable 97–8; loses to him in Associate election 110; becomes full Academician 169; recognises Maria’s illness is terminal 185; witnesses Chantrey altering Hadleigh Castle 194; dines with Constable 195; unable to visit him due to toothache 200; admires Constable’s ‘daub’ 209; finds draft of dedication to English Landscape 218; views Constable’s ‘Paradise’ at Life Academy 222; at Constable dinner 226; supports Constable after illness 229–30; sends him a de Hooch copy 234; takes teaching post in America 247–8; returns to England 248–9; moves to Rossi’s house 250; with his family at Petworth House 257, 258, 259; sketches with Constable 258; invited to his lectures 267, 270–71; invited to see The Valley Farm 277–8; friendship with Constable 286, 287; artistic talents 286; on Arrangement Committee (1836) 288; at Academy farewell dinner 292; dines with Constable and Wilkie 294; New Year’s celebrations with Constable 296; witnesses his generosity 300; and Constable’s death 302, 303; exhibits Arundel Mill on Constable’s behalf 305; advises Constable’s son 306; organises donation of The Cornfield to National Gallery 306; auctions Constable’s work 307; publishes Constable biography 312–14, see Memoirs… (below)
Constable’s letters and remarks to 181–2, 189–90, 193, 194, 202, 203, 204, 223, 225, 227, 228, 229, 230, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 239, 240, 241, 243, 244, 247–8, 257, 261, 263, 265, 267, 268, 280, 281, 282–3, 288, 294, 298
Autobiographical Reflections 314
Autolycus selling his wares 286–7
Handbook for Young Painters 315
Memoirs of the Life of John Constable xv–xvi, xvii, 10; on Sir George Beaumont 143, 144; on Constable: character 111, 287, 300, as collector 33, as copyist of portraits 42, as father 101, 200, lectures 270–71, painting habits 220, 221, 258, sketching Houses of Parliament fire 261, visiting the theatre 178; on Constable’s works: altarpieces 36, Cottage in a Cornfield 98, Dedham Vale: Morning 52, English Landscape 219, Hadleigh Castle 194, landscapes 38, 196, nudes 22, Salisbury Cathedral 224, sky studies 127, Whitehall Stairs 231, 232; on Maria Constable 145, 185, 188; on Turner’s Helvoetsluys 231; on Van de Velde 126; see also Constable’s letters and remarks (above)
Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman 178, 251, 286
Leslie, George 230
Leslie, Harriet 230, 248, 286, 296, 302
Leslie, Harriet Jane 248
Leslie, Mary 259
Leslie, Robert 201, 249, 259–60, 280–81, 312, 316
Lewis, Henry Greswolde 46, 119, 181, 190; portrait of 67
Leydenhall see Salisbury
Linnell, John 109, 138, 178, 251–2
Michael Angelo’s Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel 252
Linwood, Mary 29
Literary and Scientific Society of Hampstead 265, 270, 293, 303
Literary Gazette 102, 138, 139, 150, 194, 224, 276–7, 292
Literary Souvenir (annual) 261
Lloyd, Charles 39, 40
Lloyd, Sophia 39
Lock, The (1824) 128, 149, 150, 210; mezzotints 217, 261, 274, 275; 1825 version 166
London, Constable’s homes in: 23 Cecil St 18; 52 Upper Norton St 21; 50 Rathbone Place 24, 27; Percy St 44; 49 Frith St 45; 63 Charlotte St 55, 64–5, 109; 1 Keppel St 96, 113, 121, 133; 35 Charlotte St 133–4, 165, 175, 239, 308; see also Hampstead
London Magazine 181
Lott, John 50
Lott, Willy 50; his cottage 70, 105, 275, 278, 320
Loutherbourg, Philippe de 178, 272
Louvre, Paris 159–60, 180, 283, 314
Lucas, David: background 210; on Constable and Dunthorne 10–11; on Lawrence 199; works with Constable on English Landscape prints 210–11, 212–14, 216, 217, 218, 219, 261–2, 263, 265–6, 278, 300, 307; on Stothard and Constable 249; relationship with Constable 261–2, 263–4, 295; fails election to Academy 264; brought linseed oil by Abram Constable 283–4; Constable’s letters and remarks to xvi, 73, 220, 235, 236, 271, 291, 293, 300; death 307
Lucas, Mrs 295
Ludgate, Mrs 246–7
Ludgate, Robert 246
Lyell, Charles: Principles of Geology 240
Maclise, Daniel 220
Constable (c. 1831) 220, 221
Malta (collier) 185
Malvern Hall, nr Solihull 46, 181, 190
Malvern Hall (1822) 135
Manners, Lady Louisa see Dysart, Countess of
Manning, Sarah 91, 154, 156
Manning, William 91, 133, 154
Manningtree church, Suffolk: The Risen Christ (1821) 123, 134, 136
Markfield House, Tottenham 37
Mason, Anne (née Parmenter) 76, 256
Mason, William 76, 84, 104, 107, 256
Meier-Graefe, Julius 297–8, 318–19
Modern Art 318
Mellon, Andrew 316
Mellon, Paul 316
Mermaid (1828 sketch) 190, 190
Michel, Anne 205
Michele, Mr (medical man) 301, 303
Mill Stream, The (1811–14) 278
Milton, John 195, 218, 229, 271
Mirehouse, Elizabeth (née Fisher) 139, 142, 166
Monet, Claude: Hyde Park scenes 317
Monro, Henry 45
Monro, Dr Thomas 45
Montagu, Sir Samuel 318
More, Jacob 272
Morgan, Captain Elisha 249. 294
Morgan, J.P. 316, 318
Morley, Countess of 244
Morning Chronicle 139, 163, 194, 224, 232, 245–6, 303
Morning Herald 102, 291
Morning Post 177, 224, 232, 245, 276, 291, 303
Morrison, James 149, 150
Mulready, William 22, 81, 295
Munro, Hugh 292
Napoleon Bonaparte 16, 31, 34, 77, 79
National Gallery, London 137, 143, 299, 306, 317
Nayland church, Suffolk: Christ Blessing the Bread and Wine (c. 1807) 36, 43, 115; restoration 204
New Monthly Magazine, The 76, 177
News, The 277
Newton, Gilbert Stuart 101, 261
Nixon, J.M. 288
Noble, Sophia: school 200, 203, 206, 282, 299
Nodier, Charles 122, 150
Noon (print) 215, 263
Nore, The see Hadleigh Castle
Northcote, James 22, 42
Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Bart. 67
Observer 122, 223, 247, 277, 290–91
Old Hall (1801) 29
Old Sarum, Wiltshire 118, 196
Old Sarum (watercolours) 196, 256, 256, 317; print 263
‘Old Smoaker’ (Brighton dipper) 158
O’Neill, Eliza: Dawe’s portrait of 77
Osmington, Dorset 88, 92–4, 117, 119, 137, 199, 218
Osmington Shore (1818) 106
Owen, William 91
Parris, Leslie 278
Partridge, Professor 303
Peel, Sir Robert 228, 234
Philadelphia (ship) 249, 294
Phillips, Charles 101
Phillips, Harry 141–2
Phillips, Henry 159, 170, 174, 265
Phillips, Thomas 110, 181, 182, 258
Pickergill, H.W. 112, 193
Pierce (Pearce), Reverend Thomas and Mrs: school (Folkestone) 206, 239–40, 279
Pitt (messenger) 239, 302
Ploughing Scene in Suffolk (1814) 69–70
Pope (actor) 178
Pound House school, Aldham 3–4
Poussin, Gaspar 38
Poussin, Nicolas 18, 24, 131, 143, 169, 267
Pulham, Mrs: portrait of (1818) 102
Pulham, James 160, 163, 246
Pulham, James Brook 316
Purton, William 255, 266, 306, 308, 313; Constable to 268
Pyne, W.H. 159
Rainbow – Salisbury Cathedral, The (mezzotint; 1836–7) 295–6, 300
Raphael 12, 222, 315
Read, David 138, 251
Rebow, General Francis Slater 59, 87, 88, 89, 99, 263, 307
Rebow, Mary: portrait of (1812) 59, 62
Redgrave, Richard 111, 209, 222, 299, 314
(with Samuel Redgrave) A Century of British Painters 313, 317
Reform Bill (1831) 223, 228
Reinagle, Richard Ramsay 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 27, 33–4, 111, 133, 138, 195, 235, 244
Constable 21
Dedham in Flood 19, 23
Rembrandt van Rijn 53, 126, 263, 265, 267
Revans, Mr (steward) 109, 183
Reynolds, Graham: The Later Paintings of John Constable 209
Reynolds, Sir Joshua 12, 15, 29–30, 42, 45, 61, 66, 85, 126, 205, 209, 210, 269, 290, 294; monument to 289–90, see Cenotaph, The Discourses 14, 23, 176, 290
Reynolds, Samuel William 210, 265–6
Rhudde, Dr Durand: background 50; as rector of East Bergholt 7–8, 36, 49, 50–51; and Constable’s courtship of his grand-daughter 47, 49, 50, 58–9, 60–61, 69; and Constable’s picture of East Bergholt church 51; his heart-shaped flower beds 59; 81st birthday 75; and death of daughter 76–7, 79; attentiveness to Constable family 74, 76, 135; and Constable’s disloyalty to John Dunthorne 83; ‘inveterate’ against Constable 83–4; ‘full of indignity’ that Constable does not inherit 86; reactions cease to matter to Constable 87; suggests Constable goes into the Church 88; sends Abram Constable turkey for Christmas 94; wants ‘proper apology’ from Constable 95; draws up new will 95, 105; not displeased at becoming a great-grandfather 101; disposition a concern 104–5; death 107; obituary 107–8
Rhudde, Mrs 51, 105
Richardson, Jonathan 29
Road to the Spaniards, The (1822) 131
Roberts, David 224
Roberts, Elizabeth 123, 125, 134, 142, 153, 173, 186, 201–2, 206, 238, 280, 299, 306, 309, 310
Robertson, Andrew 22, 306
Robertson, Reverend 72, 75
Robinson, Henry Crabb 163
Robinson, Henry Peach: Fading Away 146
Rogers, Samuel 270, 272, 286, 287–8, 302
Romney, George 265
Rosa, Salvator 267
Ross, William C. 288
Rossi, J.C.F. 250
Rousseau, Théodore 314
Rowley, Reverend Joshua 135, 236
Royal Academy of Arts xv, 21–2, 137, 206–7, 305; Presidents 23, 106, 114, 116, 169, 191, 207; Constable admitted as Probationer 17, 18, 21, 22, and Life School student 22–3, 25, 28, 42, 55; civil war between members 34; election of Constable as Associate member 40, 42, 45, 66, 71, 74, 81, 91, 100, 102, 110–12; and death of George III 114; George IV’s birthday dinner 116–17; Constable’s election to full membership 124, 134, 137, 138, 169, 181–2, 191–2, 196, 206–7, 250, 251; Constable on Arrangement Committee 207–8, 223–4; Reynolds’s palette presented to 209; Constable’s Life School Visitorships 220, 221–2, 250, 292, 293, 298–9; ‘varnishing’ days 171, 193–4, 231, 276, 277; Lane and Lucas stand for election 252–3, 264; moves from Somerset House 292–3, 300; and exhibition of Constable’s works 317
Exhibitions: (1797) 16; (1802) 29, 30; (1803) 33; (1804) 34; (1806) 40; (1807) 40; (1810) 44–5; (1811) 52; (1812) 54, 58, 59; (1813) 65; (1814) 69–70; (1815) 76, 85; (1816) 85; (1817) 97; (1818) 103; (1819) 105–7; (1820) 115–16; (1821) 120, 121–3; (1822) 135; (1823) 138–9; (1824) 149–50; (1825) 162, 163; (1826) 170, 171; (1827) 177; (1828) 182, 183–4; (1829) 193–4, 215; (1830) 207–9, 215; (1831) 220–21, 223–4, 233; (1832) 230–32; (1833) 242, 244–6; (1834) 256; (1835) 275–6; (1836) 288–92; (1837) 297, 305; (1847) 311; (1848) 235; (1850) 312
Royal Institution: Constable’s lectures (1836) 267–73
Rubens, Peter Paul 31, 36, 65, 66, 184, 234, 267, 287, 297, 302, 315
Rush, Sir William 135
Ruskin, John 277, 314–15, 317
Ruysdael, Jacob van 18, 23, 27, 96, 234, 267–8, 315
St James’s Chronicle 40, 44
Salisbury 54, 118, 123–4, 141; Leydenhall 107, 117–18, 119, 125, 196, 197, 207, 223
Salisbury Cathedral (various versions) 128, 151, 166
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds (1821–3) 119, 134, 136, 138–9, 198, 253, (1823) 139, 141, 142, (1826) 139
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows (1831) 220, 222–3, 224–5, 306, 316
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows – Summer Afternoon (1836) 292
Salisbury, Morning (1812) 54, 58
Sanford, John 202
Sanford, Louisa (née Bicknell) 63, 68, 71, 90, 108, 173, 182, 202, 228, 284
Sass, Henry/Sass Academy 154, 222, 311
Savage, Mrs (housekeeper) 187, 201
Savell, Zacariah 52
Savile, Christopher 134
Scene on a Navigable River (Flatford Mill) (1817) 97, 317
Scene on a River (1830–37) 278
Schroth, Charles 150, 159, 164, 167
Scovell, Charles 246
Sea Beach, Brighton, A (print) 215, 216, 263
self-portraits: (1804) 35–6; (1806) 40, 41
Sharp, Russell 246, 253
Shee, Martin Archer 106, 207, 208, 226, 228–9, 244, 268, 292
Sheepshanks, John 184, 209, 295, 308
Shower, A (1821) 120
Siddons, Sarah 66
Skey, Samuel 61
Skey, Sarah (née Bicknell, later Fletcher) 51, 52, 54, 57, 61, 182, 271
Smirke, Robert 53
Smith, J.H. 308
Smith, John Thomas (‘Museum’) 14, 15–16, 17, 19, 27, 87, 247, 253
Remarks on Rural Scenery 16, 17
Smith, Martha (‘Patty’; a Nayland aunt) 36, 72, 84, 101, 115
Soane, Sir John 171
Somerset House Gazette 159
Somerset House Terrace and St Paul’s, from Waterloo Bridge (1824) 148, 148
South, Burton 239, 241–2, 308
South, Jane (née Gubbins) 203, 239, 308
South, Lancelot see Archer-Burton, Lancelot
South, Mr and Mrs Lionel 175
Southey, Robert: Life and Letters of Cowper 301
South Kensington Museum see Victoria & Albert Museum
Sparrow, W.J. 219
Spectator, The 215, 216, 256, 274–5, 277
Spedding, Anthony 96, 108, 109, 131, 246, 296
Spedding, Miss 296
Spring (mezzotint) 130, 215, 263
Spring: East Bergholt Common (mezzotint) 313
Stanfield, Clarkson 232, 260, 276, 292, 306
Steen, Jan 268
Stendhal (Henri Beyle) 153
Stewart, Mr: Constable to 294
Stocks, Miss (balloonist) 151
Stoke-by-Nayland (1815) 79
Stoke-by-Nayland (print) 217–18, 263
Stonehenge (1836) 288, 291–2, 317
Story, A.T. 251
Stothard, Thomas 22, 42, 45, 57, 66, 108, 154, 166, 230, 248, 249–50, 299
Stour River and Valley x–xi, 1–2, 3, 6–7, 8, 11, 14
Stour Valley and Dedham Village (1814–15) 72, 76, 85
Stratford Mill (1820) 115–16, 136, 154, 159, 167–8, 318; mezzotint 263
Strowger, Sam 23–4, 70, 100
Strutt, Ben 16
Study of Trees, A (1823) 139
Sykes, Mr (dancing teacher) 175, 183
Tambora, Mount: eruption (1816) 87
Taylor, Ann 19–20
Taylor, Miss (schooltacher) 83
Taylor, Tom 317
Telegraph (barge) 6, 8, 32, 47, 51, 52, 279
Teniers, David 15, 315
Thackeray, William 171
Thomson, Flora 100
Thomson, Henry 66, 101
Thomson, James 218, 271
The Seasons 170, 193, 223
Thoré, Théophile 314
Tidey, Alfred 290, 300
Tidey, Robert 290
Tillotson, John 91
Times, The 153, 171, 177, 194, 224, 283, 291
Tinney, John 116, 135–6, 142, 154, 159, 167–8
Titian 266, 298, 307
Tollemache family 25; see Dysart, Earl of
Torin, Captain 32
Travis, William 51, 74, 75, 78, 82, 83, 85, 94–5, 101, 107, 145, 172, 180
Trees at Hampstead 317
Trimmer, Henry Syer 145, 278
Turner, J.M.W.: his pictures disliked by Beaumont 13, 143; a rising star at the Academy 22; goes to the Continent 31; has slanging match with Bourgeois 34; relationship with Constable 32, 34, 45, 65–6, 98, 117, 140, 163, 181–2, 191; promotes own pictures 69; chairs AGBI 103; comparisons with Constable 106, 224, 259, 292, 314, 315–16, 318, 319; at George IV’s birthday dinner 117; and observation of the sky 126; ‘great row’ with Constable 140; pictures praised by Constable 171, 184, 290, 295; criticised for splattering canvases with soapsuds and whitewash 194, 224; disgusted by Wilkie’s remark 199; as Life School Visitor 221–2, 298; annoyed by Constable’s hanging arrangements 223–4; usage of ‘varnishing’ time 231; and Lord Egremont 258, 259, 287; sketches Houses of Parliament fire 260; as lecturer 272; engravings of his pictures 275; championed by Ruskin 277, 315
The Bay of Baiae 139
The Bridge of Sighs 276
Caligula’s Palace and Bridge 223
Chain Pier, Brighton 157, 259
Dido and Aeneas 70
Dutch Boats in a Gale 24
Forum Romanum 171
Frosty Morning 65
The Golden Bough 276
Hannibal 117
The Harbour of Dieppe 163
Helvoetsluys 231
Liber Studiorum 30, 110, 117, 211, 212
Mortlake Terrace 292
Rain, Steam and Speed 292
Staffa, Fingal’s Cave 316
Uwins, Thomas 22
Valley Farm, The (1835) 275–8, 280; small version 316
Various Subjects of Landscape … see English Landscape
Varley, John 226
Vaughan, Henry 317
Velde, Willem van de 24, 126
Vermeer, Johannes 314
Vernet, Claude-Joseph 269, 272
Vernon, Robert 276, 278, 283
Victoria & Albert Museum 209, 278, 317
Victory (1803 sketches) 32, 33; (1806 watercolour) 33, 40
View in Westmoreland (1807) 40
View of London from Hampstead Heath 308
View on the Stour, near Dedham see Bridge, The
Wakefield, Priscilla 17, 37
Walker, Reverend Thomas 119
Walker, Dr William: portrait of (1818) 102
Watermeadows at Salisbury (c. 1820, exhib. 1830) 207–9, 208, 308
Waterloo, Anthonie (1610–1690) 33
Waterloo Bridge see Whitehall Stairs…
Watermill at Gillingham, Dorset, A 317
Watts, Alaric 261
Watts, David Pike 7, 16, 36, 37–8, 42, 43, 53–4, 57, 64, 66, 68, 77, 85, 86, 100, 194
Watts, John 32
Watts-Russell, Mary 100, 101, 134
Weight, Richard 55, 64, 94, 96
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of 115, 227
Wells, William 195, 243, 244
Wenn (steward) 147
West, Benjamin 23, 29, 31, 34, 36, 37, 42, 59, 65, 66, 114, 136
Death on the Pale Horse 107
West, James 44
Westall, Richard 244
Western, Captain Thomas: portrait of (1812) 60, 62, 63
Westmorland, Lord 152
Weymouth Bay with Jordan Hill (c. 1816) 92, 93
Whalley, Alicia 142–3
Whalley, Daniel (Martha’s father-in-law) 28
Whalley, Daniel (Martha’s brother-in-law) 28
Whalley, Reverend Daniel (Martha’s son) 239, 313
Whalley, Martha (‘Patty’; née Constable) 3, 5; marriage 7; subscribes to J.T. Smith’s book 16; entertains Constable in London 20; and mother’s death 75; cheers the family up 85; unable to go to Constable’s wedding 90; has Maria to stay 95; in Suffolk to discuss family matters 110; sends remedy for whooping cough 176; and Maria’s illness 187, 189; and Johnny Dunthorne 204, 229; has Constables to stay 225
Whalley, Nathaniel 7, 20
Whalley family 46, 72, 77, 121, 147
Wheat Field, A (1816) 85
White, Gilbert: Natural History of Selborne 119–20
White Horse, The (1819) 105–7, 110, 118, 164, 169, 198, 288, 308, 316, 318
Whitehall Stairs, June 18th 1817 (Waterloo Bridge) (1817–32) 98, 116, 119, 148–9, 166, 169–70, 230–32, 249
Wilkie, David 22, 40, 45, 112, 193, 195, 199, 248, 250–51, 286, 290, 292, 294–5; Constable to 265, 306
Columbus 250
Rent Day 23
The Sick Lady visited by her Physician 45, 250
Wilkins, William: Royal Academy building 299
William IV 227, 251; coronation 226–7
Williams, Elizabeth 134
Wilson, Richard 12, 22, 133, 143, 176, 269, 307, 315
Hadrian’s Villa 23
Wilton, Joseph 18, 22
Wingfield, Dr John: portrait of (1818) 102
Wivenhoe Park (1816–17) 89, 97, 242
Woodgate, Mr 183
Worcester Guardian 271
Wordsworth, Christopher 39
Wordsworth, John 93–4
Wordsworth, Priscilla (née Lloyd) 39
Wordsworth, William 39–40, 218, 270, 289, 291, 306; Constable to 143, 176
Worgan, Mr (agent) 38
Wouwerman, Philips 272
Yarmouth Jetty (1824) 150
Yarmouth Pier (1831) 220–21
Young, George 201, 270, 303