1691776870000 1691754827000 Standard Record object-110009855 1747160954692 1711382328000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-110009855 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009855 9cf2237d-275c-3d82-9092-2ed969b692fe 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 23 May 1832. The published transcript of this letter can be found in Shirley (No. 110, page 85) and Beckett (page 374). The leaf has been numbered S110, referring to the order in Shirley's publication. A pencil inscription on the top reads ‘May 1832'. TRANSCRIPT: --- <recto> Dear Lucas I slept in town last night to be ready to receive you and the prints early this morning - I now send Pitt . lest there should be some mistake - for often between two chairs we fall . I hope this well not be the case between [t/n: word deleted] us and the book - I want to read my fly letter* to you - I staid all day yesterday at Hampd [t/n: Hampstead] to write it and came to sleep in town for the prints this mrng [t/n: morning] - Yours J.C, 23d May 1832. <verso/cover> Mr Lucas [t/n: the following has been crossed out] John Constable Esq Charlotte St Fitzroy Square --- *According to Shirley and Beckett, the 'fly letter' refers to the 'Introduction' to English Landscape written by Constable (Constable/EL/3/2/MS40-1953). Constable/EL/1/1/92 1 accession number Constable/EL/1/1/92 110009855 priref 110009855 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009855 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009855 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 191 Width mm 120 MS Letter, Constable to Lucas object OBJECT