John Constable (1776-1837):

"Painting is a science, and should be pursued as an enquiry into the laws of nature. Why, then, should not landscape painting be considered as a branch of natural philosophy, of which pictures are but the experiments?"

John Constable:

• 1797 to London
• 1799 to R.A. Schools
• 1814 sold 1st painting (38)
• 1819 A.R.A.
• 1828 wife died
• 1829 R.A. (age 53)

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851):

• 1799 A.R.A. - associate member of Royal Academy
• 1802 R.A. - full membership in the Royal Academy