Author: John Constable; C. R. Leslie
Title: Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, Esq. R.A. Composed Chiefly of His Letters
Description: London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845. Cloth. Second edition of this scarce biographical sketch of the life of English painter John Constable drawn from his own letters. John Constable, was an Romantic English landscape painter, known for revolutionising the genre with his pictures of Dedham Vale, are surrounding his home. His most famous paintings include Wivenhoe Park, Dedham Vail and the Hay Wain. He was never financially successful in his own time, although now his work is highly regarded as some of the most popular and valuable in British art. Concerning his life and love for painting, drawn by C. R. Leslie from Constable's own letters. Second edition of this work, first published in 1843. A scarce title in all editions. Complete with two portrait plates and a mezzotint plate. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with some spotting affecting only leaves of plates. Complete with two portraits and a mezzotint plate. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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