Word: hadleigh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...death utterly shattered Constable. "The face of the world is totally changed for me," he told a friend. He wore mourning for the nine remaining years of his life. To assuage his sorrow, he turned to a sketch that he had made of the ruins of Hadleigh castle, which stood near the mouth of the Thames. In the completed painting, while the ruined castle becomes a monument to Constable's grief, the scudding clouds, the glistening rocks and the sparkling leaves display a fervent commitment to self-renewing life...