Articles related to "Constable"

Sir George Beaumont encouraged painters to view his private collection of Old Masters that he gathered after his exposure to the ideals of Joshua Reynolds.

Artists Alexander Cozens and Thomas Gainsborough are famous for their individual and unconventional styles in landscape painting.

Dogberry the Constable in Much Ado About Nothing, played by Michael Keaton in Kenneth Branagh's film version, is a richly comic invention.

Paintings like The Hay Wain and The Mill Stream made Constable well known. The National Trust looks after Flatford Mill where visitors can walk in Constable's footsteps.

Thames Valley Police force covers a vast area in central England. From towns and cities to vast tracks of countryside.

Christchurch Park in Ipswich offers 70 acres of rolling parkland with many veteran trees and enough room places for fun for kids as well as peace and quiet for adults.

Dick Turpin is probably the best known of Britian's Highwayman Outlaws, but who was he really?

For visitors looking for cheap things to do in London, why not pay a visit to Tate Britain and take a free tour.

The Royal Academy of Arts close by to Piccadilly Circus in London is a unique art gallery in that it is privately funded by eminent artists of the times.

Romantic art was characterized by a renewed interest in history and religion and by the new idea of nationalism, that emerged after the French Revolution.

The Royal Ulster Constabulary was formed following the separation of Ireland. Northern Ireland's troubled history has created a unique police force.

Joseph Turner, John Ruskin, Henri Matisse, John Constable and Tracey Emin are available at Tate Online where modern technology makes art accessible to everyone.

Celebrations for the O.P.P.'s centenary anniversary include a dogsledding expedition, a time capsule and a travelling exhibition of mug shots.

Most Christian and Judean faiths believe that Amos was a minor prophet and the author of the book holding his name. What evidence is there that he existed?

Italian Giambattista Tiepolo was virtuoso of fresco painting & Welsh Richard Wilson was honored by John Constable as landscape painter with unique naturalistic style.

From its beginning as the Bow Street Horse Patrols founded in 1742, the Mounted Branch of London's Metropolitan Police has proved its worth many times over

In and around Salem, Massachusetts the Quakers are harassed, beaten, deported, and sometimes even hanged for what they believe.

This romantic thriller from 1999 stars Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci in a creepy film rendition of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.'

Read about these 17th- through 19th-century works of art and the world museums where they can be visited today.

In 1190, the Jewish residents of York fled to the royal castle at York after anti-Jewish rioting broke out in the city. The remaining residents laid siege to the castle.

The Tower of London is home to nearly 150 people and a small number of ravens.

Many towns in colonial New England had a practice called "warning out." Under this practice, poor people who weren't born in the town might be forced to leave the town.

Auerbach's World War II bombsite paintings are on view at The Courtauld Gallery. Pencil sketches, oil studies and photographs show how he planned and executed the images.

Ipswich is a one of England's earliest continuously settled towns, with a long history from the Anglo-Saxon foundation through to modern times.

The RA presents two displays: "High Art: Reynolds and History Painting 1780-1815" and "High Life: Celebrating the Loan of W P Frith's Private View at the Royal Academy".

The Survey of London is an invaluable source for the study of architecture and social history of Soho, a historic district in the heart of London.

New gallery space now shows 60% more paintings, sculpture, fine art prints and decorative arts, plus works by Monet, Tiepolo, Matisse, Picasso and White Mountain Artists.

Recent jurisprudence has shown that the need for an appropriate comparator is still a great hurdle to claims of multiple discrimination.

The UK's national collection of European art from 1250-1900 includes art by Jan van Eyck, van Gogh, Uccello, Botticelli, Titian, Canaletto, Vermeer, Degas and van Dyck

Without a professional police force it is difficult to imagine how law and order can be maintained. In various forms policing dates back to pre Christian times

Malla Nunn's Detective Emmanuel Cooper finds himself caught up in the murder of an Afrikaans police captain in a small country town.

William Penn: Becomes a Quaker, and obtains a grant to establish a Quaker colony in Pennsylvania in America.

British mystery writers Stephen Booth and Reginald Hill produce modern investigative mysteries steeped in British mystique and populated by unforgettable characters.

Brief biography of Eugéne Delacroix, known for swinging brush strokes and vivid colors. His subjects were historical, religious, literary, and portraits of friends.

Kenwood House has a permanent exhibition of paintings by Rembrandt, Larkin, Lawrence, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Vermeer, Hals, Van Dyck, Kauffmann, Romney and many others.

The occupations of our colonial ancestors have terms both familiar and outdated. Find out what an alewife, besom-maker, flax dresser and stokiner were.

Websters' bread strangely vanished! A former constable and chemists investigated. Nandor Fodor, distinguished parapsychologist, wrote about the case. It remains unsolved.

Writing a novel requires an idea, the right words, and something extra. Mystery writer Vicki Delany shares the secrets of her approach to writing, from idea to execution.

The first season of Canadian series Due South introduces Mountie Benton Fraser who leaves Canada for Chicago and learns to adapt while searching for his father's killer.

In this romantic thriller based on Washington Irving's story 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' dream sequences provide backstory for the central character.

A murdered constable, Brooks and Devlin investigating uniformed officers and Alesha recovering from her rape ordeal make it a hard-hitting return for the London spin-off.

Knowing your ancestors occupation can be very helpful when trying to locate information. Job related resources will offer unique information if you know where to look.

The English March Wardens were appointed by the Crown. Last of the West March Wardens up to the Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1603 was Thomas Lord Scrope

An account of the professional mercenaries that ravaged and despoiled France, Spain and Italy during the latter half of the 14th century.

Wyatt Earp was a man of contradictions, hell-raiser, brawler, gambler, miner, saloon owner and most famously known as a lawman with a vendetta!

From the letters left behind, to the chosen prostitutes and finally the means of which the victims were murdered left terror in the streets of London for decades to come.

The burden of forming, supplying and training local militia units in the American colonies was nearly always that of the local community.

Together the brothers Henry and John Fielding created London's first police force.

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, with her knitting, gardening and shrewd view of human nature, solved crime based on her experiences in the country village of St. Mary Mead

Jews, who first arrived in England in appreciable numbers in 1070, were feared, hated and envied. This was an explosive formula that was bound to lead to tragedy.