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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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re were historical painters of great merit on the listof candidates. So kind-hearted a man as Lawrence could haveno intention to give pain ; but their tastes ran in directions sowidely different, and the President, who attached great impor-tance to subject, and considered high art to be inseparable fromhistorical art, had never been led to pay sufficient attention toConstables pictures to become impressed with their real merit,and there can be no doubt but that he thought the painter of,what he considered, the humblest class of landscape, was as muchsurprised at the honour just conferred on him as he was himself.Constable was well aware that the opinions of Sir Thomas werethe fashionable ones; he felt the pain thus unconsciously inflicted,and his reply intimated that he looked upon his election as an actof justice rather than favour. What occurred at this visit, as wellas some ill-natured paragraphs in the newspapers, will explain apa.ssage marked by italics in a note to me, dated —
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1S29.) PICTURE OF HADLEIGH CASTLE. 215 Hampstead, April ^th. Since I saw you I have been shut up here. I haveforwarded my picture of Hadleigh Castle, which I shall send toCharlotte Street to-morrow morning. Can you oblige me with acall to tell me whether I ought to send it to the exhibiton ? I amgrievously nervous about it, as / am still smarting under my elec-tion. I have little enough either of prudence or self-knowledge,as you know, and I am willing to submit to what you and otherswhom I value may decide. I shall dine with the Dowager LadyBeaumont to-day, and I hope I shall meet you. I could hardlyrefuse, yet at this time (for I am in the height of agony about mycrazy old walls of the Castle) I would rather wish myself athome. I beg an answer by bearer to tell me how you all are.My children are lovely, and all the better for being here. LastMonday we had a little party, it being the birthday of two of mine,and I sat down to table with fourteen, the eldest of whom wasonly eleven. Ch

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