JMW Turner and BG Windus:
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Some links to help you find out more about
BG Windus, his inheritance and neighbours. The source of wealth which enabled BG Windus
to collect the works of one of the foremost painters in England, JMW Turner. Find out more about Tottenham, those who lived there and those who visited this home of Dissenters
Neighbours included the philanthropist and author, Priscilla Wakefield; Luke Howard, the 'Namer of Clouds' and the builder of the Martello towers, William Hobson.
There are also links between John Constable,
the romantic painter and Turner's rival, and Tottenham. |