John Constable
Page 40
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 P
ark (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
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