1689962458000 1689949520000 Standard Record object-110009174 1747160954747 1710158350000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-110009174 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009174 04742ebd-eca1-31d4-b44b-e77f3de6a19e 2 person reference agent-29619 adlib-agent-29619 ef67fb8d-9a82-3301-9947-b8d0526effb3 Constable, John person reference agent-82139 adlib-agent-82139 5787a108-be4d-3fcb-adb7-368ca6d4dc85 Lucas, David content description This is a letter from John Constable to David Lucas, dated 13 April 1831. The published transcript of this letter can be found in Shirley (No. 51, page 49) and Beckett (page 348). The leaf has been numbered S51, referring to the order in Shirley's publication. A pencil inscription on the top reads '1831'. TRANSCRIPT: --- For Mr Lucas April 13th/31 Dear Lucas I send you the 12£ and a touched proof of the Heath the last you sent. I should like the cloud darker about the [?]*. and lighter about the sky at the top - but you will perhaps see the white chalk & Indian ink. I am sorry you are ill again - I am almost knocked up - I was down at the Academy soon after six this Evng or I should have seen your brother & sent this note by him Yours truly J.C. --- *Shirley reads this word as 'houne' while Beckett reads it as 'house'. According to Beckett (pages 347-348), this letter was a reply to a letter sent by Lucas on 11 April 1831 where he requested Constable for £12. Constable/EL/1/1/38 1 accession number Constable/EL/1/1/38 110009174 priref 110009174 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009174 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009174 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-29619 adlib-agent-29619 ef67fb8d-9a82-3301-9947-b8d0526effb3 Constable, John Length mm 227 Width mm 188 MS Letter, Constable to Lucas object OBJECT