[East Anglian] `No one, after reading a single volume, will come without a fresher and stronger vision to Constable's painting.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
These volumes shed light on every aspect of Constable's life, including his early upbringing in the Suffolk village of East Bergholt, his long courtship of Maria Bicknell, and his attitude to his art (and his critics), correcting many misconceptions entertained about him.