1693504861000 1693496820000 Standard Record object-110009911 1747160955048 1722874458000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-110009911 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009911 eb99e02e-40a0-34fb-826b-e19c004efa0c 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, written on 31 December 1836. The published transcript of this letter can be found in Shirley (No. 190, page 140) and Beckett (page 432). The leaf has been numbered S190, referring to the order in Shirley's publication. TRANSCRIPT: --- Dear Lucas - Accept my thanks for the Proofs - I have not time (so late) to say much but what I see of it is delightfull - - it may want tone - no doubt - or may mean fullness - which may come in printing - wherein full work on it is almost all the fears I entertained are done away with - - we must get - tone & depth - & force - back again to the large trees in the distance - those on the left of the poplar = at the bottom of the Gardens - - the reflection of the White Horse is beautifull & true some of the spots on the brambles near the post may be toned down - but all these things are the job of an hour - while I am with You - & which we can talk about when we meet - God preserve your excellent wife - and give her a happy hour - I have not forgot my own anxieties at such a time though they are never to return to me I send what you ask for - namely 3. sovereigns - if you wish for more let me know on Monday - I beg to Thank you again & again for the - most lovely Winter Peice* - I ever saw - it far surpasses the Ruisdael** - & is even more sublime than the Summer Cloud - Yours very truly John Constable [t/n: the following appears to have been added as postscript, and is written over the first few sentences at right angles] You have caused the Old Year to slip through my hands with pleasurable feelings - we now only one hour & a quarter [t/n: 'of' crossed out] left of the year 1836 [.] farewell --- *Perhaps refers to an imperfectly inked plate, which gave the appearance of a winter scene. **A winter scene by Ruisdael which Constable had copied in 1832. Constable/EL/1/1/148 1 accession number Constable/EL/1/1/148 110009911 priref 110009911 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009911 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009911 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 186 MS Letter, Constable to Lucas, Minor Alterations to the 'Salisbury' object OBJECT