Life and letters of John Constable, RA . all chances of remuneration for the time and 224 THE LIFE OF JOHN CONSTABLE. [Chap. XI. money he was spending upon it were hopeless. Indeed, theEnglish Landscape proved in the end to be, as Coleridgesaid of a work of his own, a secret confided to the public, andvery faithfully kept. ^?September i^ Lucas,—A total change has again taken dined with me yesterday; we have agreed on a long Land-scape, Evening, with a flight of rooks, as a companion to the Spring, and the Whitehall Stairs, in place of the come and see me at s
Life and letters of John Constable, RA . all chances of remuneration for the time and 224 THE LIFE OF JOHN CONSTABLE. [Chap. XI. money he was spending upon it were hopeless. Indeed, theEnglish Landscape proved in the end to be, as Coleridgesaid of a work of his own, a secret confided to the public, andvery faithfully kept. ^?September i^ Lucas,—A total change has again taken dined with me yesterday; we have agreed on a long Land-scape, Evening, with a flight of rooks, as a companion to the Spring, and the Whitehall Stairs, in place of the come and see me at six this evening, and take the thingsaway, lest I change again. However, I like all the last affairs, ifyou do. I will tell you the reasons for so changing. Pray comeat six. Bring something in your hand ; I dont care what. The Autumnal Sunset, the subject mentioned in this notewas sketched in his favourite fields near Bergholt. In the distancetowards the right is the tower of Stoke Church, and on the leftare Langham Hill and z D < Z 5 DHD< \ \ *^M CHAPTER —1831. Death of Sir Thomas Lawrence.—Constable on the Hanging Committee.—Exhibition,1830.—Visitor in the Academy Life School.—Etty.—Wilkie. I HAD asked Constable to allow my sister to copy the small picture of The Porch of Bergholt Church, which has been described in the first chapter, and it came to us with the following note : — January, \ 830. My dear Leslie,—I send the Churchyard, which my friends in Portman Place are welcome to use for any purpose but to go into it. . The motto on the dial is, Ut umbra, sic vita. This note was singularly followed by his next:— January %th. My dear Leslie,—I have just received the distressingintelligence of the death of poor Sir Thomas Lawrence. Thissad event took place last night, in consequence of internal in-flammation. I could not help sending to you; the Council iscalled in consequence. Constable, although always on friendly terms, had never
Size: 1160px × 2154px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublishe, booksubjectartists
