John Constable (1903)

Excerpt From John Constable R. A. Leslie Was Amply Justified In The Result. He Has Not Overweighted His Book With Detail Nor Has Be Given Us Scrappy Quotations From His Letters; The Blend Is An Easy Narrative Of Constable'S Life His Cares His Ambitions His Failures And His Successes Which Gives The Reader A Very Clear Idea Of The Personality Of This Man Who Exercised So Great An In?uence Upon The Landscape-Painting Of The Nineteenth Century.. This Work Was My Main Source Of Information Until The Private Letters Used By Leslie Letters From Constable To Archdeacon Fisher To Mr. George Constable To Dunthorne And Also Letters From His Mother And Sisters And His Brother Abram To Himself Fell Into My Hands.. About The Publisher. Forgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books. Find More At Www.Forgottenbooks.Com. This Book Is A Reproduction Of An Important Historical Work. Forgotten Books Uses State-Of-The-Art Technology To Digitally Reconstruct The Work Preserving The Original Format Whilst Repairing Imperfections Present In The Aged Copy. In Rare Cases An Imperfection In The Original Such As A Blemish Or Missing Page May Be Replicated In Our Edition. We Do However Repair The Vast Majority Of Imperfections Successfully; Any Imperfections That Remain Are Intentionally Left To Preserve The State Of Such Historical Works.