Keywords: John Constable - A Recollection of the New R.A. - Google Art Project.jpg Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and brown ink upper left ; in artist's hand in pen and brown ink upper center Ca h ; in artist's hand in pen and brown ink upper right St Martin's Workhouse St Math Lane court Wuler in artist's hand in pen and brown ink center left N Gallery ; in artist's hand in pen and brown ink center Hall of N Gallery Hall of Beauty in artist's hand in pen and brown ink center right A Room School of Painting Room architecture ; in artist's hand in pen and brown ink lower left Pall Mall East A Recollection of the New RA 28 March 1837 John Constable ; in artist's hand in pen and brown ink lower center Trafalgar Square Pap ; in artist's hand in pen and brown ink lower right St Matws Church Inscribed on mount in pen and brown ink I called on Constable on March 28th 1837 He was there working on his 'Arundel Castle ' and seemed well satisfied with the results - of his labours He said while giving a touch here and therre with his Palette knife and retiring to see the effect 'it is neither too warm nor too cold Too light nor too dark and this constitutes every thing in a Picture ' I dined with him and in the Evening on my asking him about the then new R A he took a pen and sketched the above plan signed and gave it me He died on the 31st three days after see the life page 113 A T Dec 8th 1888 ; inscribed on back of mount lower right in graphite M 50 22 x 16 Mount open with letter plain blue over mount Inscription _Signed_and_Dated Signed in artist's hand in pen and brown ink lower right 28 March 1837 John Constable Not on View Pen and brown ink on medium smooth cream wove paper sketch genre subject map special url_id 7wEBqb_QcWSA5Q PD-old-100-1923 1837 John Constable Google Art Project works by John Constable Drawings by John Constable |