1687456850000 1687442723000 Standard Record object-110009037 1747159857057 1699447354000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-110009037 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009037 5e00557d-35e2-3a7f-99aa-635b59894977 4 person reference agent-150057 adlib-agent-150057 7c905ee8-022c-327b-b9d0-f422c2c5a6e9 Beckett, R. B. person reference agent-29619 adlib-agent-29619 ef67fb8d-9a82-3301-9947-b8d0526effb3 Constable, John person reference agent-207211 adlib-agent-207211 97755a90-6989-33e9-935c-5c31bdf2652a Reinagle, Ramsay Richard content description This letter was sent by R.B. Beckett to the Fitzwilliam Museum's former Librarian, L.A. Holder. This is a reply to the receipt of the letter and transcript which Holder had sent on 13th February 1954 (see Constable/EL/6/21 and Constable/EL/6/19). Beckett recognises R.R. Reinagle as a member of the Committee of Arrangement of the Royal Academy of Arts (Hanging Committee). He explains the content of the letters to the best of his knowledge. The leaf has been numbered '20' by the compiler of the booklet. There is a black ink inscription on top, presumably by L.A. Holder: ''Acknowledged / 16 Feb. and sent / amendments to transcription made possible by direct reading after removal of sheet from album leaf'' (for amendments, see Constable/EL/6/17). The transcription of the MS letter is below. '' Dear Mr. holder, Many thanks for the transcript. I am glad that the Fitzwilliam now has another Constable autograph: though it is presumed from the provenance that the script was a draft, not the letter actually sent. It is quite an interesting document. It is addressed, as you surmise, to R.R. Reinagle R.A., who was this year on the Committee of Arrangement of the R.A. (hanging committee). ''The blight of my chief hope'' refers to the hanging of ''Englefield House'', which had been given a bad place in the Exhibition, & in respect of which Constable had already approached Reinagle , though without chances of getting it moved elsewhere. He also had three drawings in the Exhibition [an old farm-house, No. 639 (aa); A Miller's House, No. 645; and A Windmill [illegible], No. 647] to which the present letter refers. Constable had been on the Hanging Committee himself in 1830, & you would be able to check the names of the persons he had helped from Graves' R.A. Exhibitions. It was usually for much {illegible] to be brought as members of the Committee to help their friend over the hanging of their works in good places. Reinagle lived close to Constable's house in Charlotte Street, hence the last paragraph. You could also get the exact address from Graves. There are connected letters (with notes) in the correspondence of which I have deposited copies in The V&A Art Reference Library under the titles of ''Constable & the Leslies'' and ''Charles Boner & the Constable Children'', but they only refer to the hanging of ''Englefield House''. The amusing thing is that C. & R. were old enemies (after having once been close friends); but at this time R caused C more amusement with his antics than annoyance. Yours sincerely R.B. Beckett '' Constable/EL/6/3/20 1 accession number Constable/EL/6/3/20 110009037 priref 110009037 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009037 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009037 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-207209 adlib-agent-207209 1a9c95d8-6dae-396a-8149-9576ceb2f8d6 Beckett, R.B. Length in 10.3 Width in 8.3 MS Letter from R.B. Beckett to L.A. Holder object OBJECT