1695924043000 1695911719000 Standard Record object-110009933 1747160954833 1722857474000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-110009933 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009933 404a55e3-d9fb-31c8-955e-c12b647f89c1 2 person reference agent-29619 adlib-agent-29619 ef67fb8d-9a82-3301-9947-b8d0526effb3 Constable, John person reference agent-27712 adlib-agent-27712 da7f2c42-1ff1-3117-ac4d-43e631b474e0 Claude Lorrain content description The leaf contains some lecture notes prepared by John Constable. The notes appear to have been written on the reverse of a letter cover addressed to Constable. A published transcript of the leaf can be found in Beckett (Volume 14, Appendix B, No.3, page 87). TRANSCRIPT: --- <recto> Claude - the same weakness comes over his Landscape that it did over his figures and it was natural enough that it should - his mind & powers - weakened by time age & wear & tear - he tried feeling this - to make up - in the one by an abundance of figures - & in the other his Landscape - by grandeur of conception & composition - to be a more historical Landscape painter - like the Poussins - and it must be confessed he succeeded in the latter - Landscape better than in the former figures - & might have been expected - as the Doria - the Altieri - &c &c &c but still it was his black & green manner - no longer did he paint - the ''light'' - that an appointed light [.] Hail Holy light - & & & - St Ursula - middle tint. <verso> John Constable RA 35 Charlotte St Fitzroy Sq --- Constable/Misc/2/2 1 accession number Constable/Misc/2/2 110009933 priref 110009933 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009933 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009933 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 231 Width mm 194 MS Lecture Notes by John Constable object OBJECT