1690480850000 1690470640000 Standard Record object-110009193 1747160955066 1710172966000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-110009193 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009193 fb9e2b22-9bb3-39d8-b4f0-cfdc4c44104b 3 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 29 September 1831 (in pencil, perhaps by Lucas). The published transcript of this letter can be found in Shirley (No. 72, page 59) and Beckett (page 355). The leaf has been numbered S72, referring to the order in Shirley's publication. TRANSCRIPT: --- <recto> Sep. 29th 1831 Dear Lucas I have made up my mind to decline doing the Waterloo - in its place I shall adopt the peacefull Farm, Yard - This will facilitate the work and cannot be material - & it is attended with no hazard - for you will make a lovely thing of it. P.S. We shall save much time expence & there will be no plate ''perdu'' as the french call it - only the first Glebe Farm - & the Ships - We shall stand then as thus - I shall enrich the 4 No. as the six in the last will enable us to do so as thus 4 5 and last { Glebe Farm { Autumnal Eveng { Summerland { New Sarum { Lock (or Redhill) { Red Hill (or Lock) { River Stour - { White Horse { East Bergholt frontispiece { Hampd Heath Vignette J.C. <verso> White Horse & Red Hill are kively compns [t/n: compositions]. You may always have the large pictures from them - I shall rejoice if you so argue with -(only be not too courteous''-) as then we shall see our way speedily - and above all we save a fellow creature from perdition - perhaps - J.C I shall be at Hampd [t/n: Hampstead] all day - as I am going back at 12/ to eat Goose with my little Girls - J.C. I hope your little girl is no worse while her disorder is slowed* & will only have time - my boys heads are all safe and well. --- *Shirley is doubtful of his reading of this word - he identifies it as 'stemmd'. Constable/EL/1/1/57 1 accession number Constable/EL/1/1/57 110009193 priref 110009193 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009193 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009193 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 228 Width mm 189 MS Letter, Constable to Lucas object OBJECT