Front matter
Reading edition
MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR
EDITED BY T. LEMAN HARE
CONSTABLE
1776-1837
PLATE I.—THE VALLEY FARM.
(Frontispiece).
National Gallery.
In "The Valley Farm," exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1835, two years before his death, Constable returned to the scenes of his boyhood, to Willy Lott's house on the banks of the Stour. His hand and eye have lost something of their grip and freshness, but his purpose is as firm as ever. "I have preserved God Almighty's day light," he wrote, "which is enjoyed by all mankind, excepting only the lovers of old, dirty canvas, perished pictures at a thousand guineas each, cart grease, tar, and snuff of candle." The old Adam, you perceive, was still strong in him.
PLATE I.—THE VALLEY FARM.
CONSTABLE
BY C. LEWIS HIND
ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO. 1907
CONTENTS
Chap.
I. The Year 1824
II. The Brown Tree
III. His Life
IV. His Sketches
V. His Pictures
VI. His Personality and Opinions
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Plate I. The Valley Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece (National Gallery) II. The Hay Wain (National Gallery) III. The Corn Field (National Gallery) IV. Flatford Mill (National Gallery) V. Dedham Mill (Victoria and Albert Museum) VI. A Country Lane (National Gallery) VII. Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Garden (Victoria and Albert Museum) VIII. Salisbury (National Gallery)
