1692986457000 1692970920000 Standard Record object-110009896 1747160955722 1722869440000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-110009896 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009896 dac28f1a-21f1-3451-adcc-177cb6f3e8c8 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 an undated letter from John Constable to David Lucas. Both Shirley and Beckett date this letter to September 1835. The published transcript of this letter can be found in Shirley (No. 170, page 128) and Beckett (page 422). The leaf has been numbered S177, referring to the order in Shirley's publication. A pencil inscription on the top reads ‘? Sep 1835'. TRANSCRIPT: --- To Mr David Lucas 27 - Dear Lucas I send you the ''Valley'' - I think perhaps you may like to look at it at your leisure before you make up your mind - both You and me ought to guard ourselves against our own enthusiasm . - though we are indebted to it for everything - I am writing to Worcester* - I must go - they are fully expecting me with my sermons - but I must take care that while I ''am preaching to others I myself be a Castaway'' - who would ever have thought of my turning Methodist preacher - that is a preacher on Method'' - but I shall do good - to that Art - for which I live - Yours truly J.C Shall I see you this Evg? have you any thing to send by Old Joe? - I shall be at home - I want you early - to look out a few Copies for the binder. J.C [t/n: the following is written inversely above the cover page] Pray think of the R.A. what can you lose - by such a step - J.C --- *Constable delivered lectures on the history of landscape art at Worcester. Constable/EL/1/1/133 1 accession number Constable/EL/1/1/133 110009896 priref 110009896 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009896 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009896 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 207 Width mm 189 MS Letter, Constable to Lucas, Lectures at Worcester object OBJECT