Wilson died in 1782, Gainsborough in 1788, and J. R. cozens, whom Constable described as "the greatest genius who ever touched landscape," in 1799; but the careers of these men cannot be said to have influenced their landscape contemporaries.
"Constable"
C. Lewis Hind
While Wilson, Gainsborough, and cozens were still alive, certain boys were growing up in England, who were destined to make the nineteenth century splendid with their landscape performances.
"Constable"
C. Lewis Hind
His survey of the history of landscape painting closed with an eulogy of Wilson, Gainsborough, cozens, and Girtin, and I may close with a brief passage, essential Constable, from the lecture delivered at Hampstead on 25th July 1836. "The landscape painter must walk in the fields with a humble mind.
"Constable"
C. Lewis Hind