Stonehenge by John Constable of 1836

This masterpiece by John Constable was created in 1836.  It depicts a scene of Stonehenge as it appeared in the first third of the nineteenth century.  John Constable was one of the greatest of the early British Romantic artists.  During much of his life his work was more popular in France than in England and he was never financially successful.  He finally obtained recognition in 1828 when he was elected to the Royal Academy.  This masterpiece is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.  Constable died the year after he painted "Stonehenge".

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