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The published transcript of this letter can be found in Shirley (No. 191, page 140 & No. 192, page 141) and Beckett (page 433). Leaf 1 has been numbered S191 and Leaf 2 has been numbered S192, referring to the order in Shirley's publication. \n\nTRANSCRIPT:\n\n---\n<bifold leaf>\n                                                                                                  19 Jany 1837\nDear Lucas\n                    I send the proof you sent in the frame [.] I have wiped a good deal of it off - leaving it about the Arse End of the waggon the bushes about the necessary - the water trickling after the - waggon and on the post & on the tree stem - &c, &c - \nin short\nthe is no necessity even to touch another proof [.] we can always find as much as ever we may want in this - as to the sky - let it all alone at present except [t\/n: word deleted] clearing the rough light away from the lightning - -\n         Never mind the birds - except the one between the spire & the bow.\n   I have cleared the whole of the bow & in certain light it is quite right & had better be done  - & as it forms the subject of the picture - must be clear clean -& tender - though conspicuous -\n   I have wiped almost all the work off - the foreground - in fact dear Lucas - a great deal or the most of what you see must be done in some way or other - so that it looks a good deal. so we are on the Eve of everything that is fine and impressive - (we must not mind Ignorant sellers of these things though they may be right in their way)\n\nAnd now a few days will do all I [t\/n: word deleted] want & wish for - do let me hope for it & look for it also - You can never see your time again - nor me my money - but still we are in the same boat - but I allow - mine is not without possibility of safety - you are without it - so far - but I shall be delighted to see it launched - I will always come.\n\n<loose leaf>\n<recto>\n                        We must keep this proof as a criterion and get as much of it as we can - the Bow is grand whole - provided it is clean & [t\/n: word deleted] tender\n                The water [^] under the dark horses must come to this - and to look as it does after the waggon - & \n                hind wheel.\nhow I wish I could scratch & tear away at it with your tools on the steel - just as old Hicks wanted to fly up to Langham Mill & tear the trees & hedges all up by the Roots - but we must do it. & your quiet way - is I well know\n                                                                                                  the best and only way.\nthe [t\/n: 'Bow' deleted] Rainbow                                                              Yours ever truly\nmust be - connected - whole &                                                                         John Constable\ncompact - but tender not stringy.\nbut I must see you do it perhaps. 19. Jany 1837\n\n<verso>\nMr Lucas\n[t\/n: Constable's name and and address crossed out]\n\n[t\/n: there are some words and numbers scribbled on the top right\n\nI send a 'drop' to cheer up the next proof - but I never will touch another only look at - and compare with this. J.C\n\n---"}]},"identifier":[{"accession_number":"Constable\/EL\/1\/1\/149","primary":true,"type":"accession number","value":"Constable\/EL\/1\/1\/149"},{"priref":"110009912","type":"priref","value":"110009912"},{"type":"uri","uri":"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/110009912","value":"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/110009912"}],"institutions":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"lifecycle":{"creation":[{"maker":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-29619","uid":"adlib-agent-29619","uuid":"ef67fb8d-9a82-3301-9947-b8d0526effb3"},"summary_title":"Constable, John"}]}]},"summary_title":"MS Letter, Constable to Lucas, 'Salisbury'","title":[{"value":"MS Letter, Constable to Lucas, 'Salisbury'"}],"type":{"base":"object","type":"OBJECT"}}