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Title: Life and letters of John Constable, R. A
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859
Subjects: Contable, John, 1776-1837 Artists
Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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lpicture by De Hooge, of which a sunbeam, and that alone, may beconsidered the subject; but it shines through a window on thewall of a clean little Dutch room, from which it is reflected on thereturn of the wall and other objects with extreme elegance, and adegree of truth perfectly illusive. Sept ember 22nd. Mv DEAR Leslie,—I came here last evening and saw the pic-tures. 1 am delighted with the copy of De Hooge. How com-pletely has he overcome the art, and trampled it under foot, yethow full of art it is. No painter that ever lived could change asingle thing in it, either in place, or light, or dark, or colour, warmor cold. Such things are, in short, quite above the art, and it is ablessing they are done. I must take the De Hooge to Hamp-stead. October \st. Dear Lucas,—I have sad accounts indeed of poor John Dun-thorne from Suffolk. He is confined to his bed, and cannot write. Dear Lucas,—I have added a Ruin to the little Glel>e • By Ruysdael, belonging to Sir Robert Peel.
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< < 1832.) DEATH OF JOHN DUNTHORNE. 263 Farm,* for not to have a symbol in the book of myself and of thework which I have projected, would be missing the opportunity.The proof of the new Old Sarum looks well this morning, half-past seven, October 2nd.—J. C. November tth. My dear Lucas,—I go to Suffolk on Thursday to attendthe last scene of poor John Dunthorne ; but he fought a goodfight, and I think must have left the world with as few regrets asany man of his age I ever met with. . . . His fond father, whohas been here to-day, is gone back entirely broken-hearted ; hewas so proud of him, and well he might be. Do not cut the plateof the new Old Sarum yet. I have touched another proof to-day,and it looks so well I think you may like it, and perhaps adopt it.I did it on seeing poor John Dunthornes rainbow this morning.. . . They like the Stonehenge. I mean Leslie and the gen-tleman who lectured on it, and tried to prove it antediluvian; thething was ingenious. Well Walk, Novem

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