1697738723000 1697715441000 Standard Record object-110009965 1747160955708 1722963093000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-110009965 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009965 0b55d7d5-d6e4-3b89-8731-e19080973969 3 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 20 February 1837. Its published transcript can be found in Beckett (page 434). Alongside the letter, the envelope also includes a typescript transcript, prepared by former Museum staff. The letter is written on the verso of a printed Address (28 May 1832). TRANSCRIPT: --- 20 Feby 1837 Dear Lucas I am sorry to hear of your being confined by illness - I send Joe to know how you are - We are all at a standstill about the plate we know not how to entitle it - I have seen Hodgson on the subject he would prefer it with a ''Dedication'' - of some kind. to give it an eclat - [t/n: 'after' crossed out] I left him with a promise to get a title sketched - & send the person to me - this he did not do - & [t/n: word/letter crossed out] a few days - are now lost - I sent to him for the address of the writing engraver & he sends it - Mr Becker 18 Euston Square - New Road - is [t/n: 'that' crossed out] the same as yours I saw Chantry on the subject, & told him my perplexity - he said he would try to help me - I asked [t/n: 'him' crossed out] - to allow me to dedicate it to him. he said cannot ''cannot you find a better man than me'' I said not in my estimation - I wish to know - if the Mr Becker is your man that I may see him & get him to sketch a plan for me leaving space for a name. John Constable --- Constable/EL/1/8/MS8-1951 1 accession number Constable/EL/1/8/MS8-1951 110009965 priref 110009965 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009965 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110009965 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 242 Width mm 194 MS Letter, Constable to Lucas object OBJECT