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&c. . . . I shall take my box, and do a bit of rock or tree
covered with moss." (JCC II, pp. 290-91)
1823 Oct 23 Drawing of a path through a wood at Leicestershire, dated
23rd October. (JCC II, p. 291)
1823 Oct 23 Letter from John Fisher in Salisbury to J.C. at Coleorton Hall:
"I have told Tinney that you only want to tone the picture
down: & that you will not alter a line or leaf without
consulting him." (JCC VI, pp. 141-42)
1823 Oct 27 Letter from J.C. in Leicestershire to Maria in Hampstead: "I
shall make a few sketches on the ground, & I [have] done a
little one from the window. Sir G. has kindly allowed me to
make a study of a little Claude, a Grove—probably done on
the spot. . . . Do not expect me this week. . . . Every step
from this door is a picture—the garden is beyond all
description, rocks, ruins, the Church, the house, the mountain
&c &c." (JCC II, pp. 291-93; see also JC: FDC, p. 147 and JCC
IV, p. 67)
1823 Drawing, inscribed on back: 'Leicestershire—the lane leading
late Oct - Nov to Ferrers Hall, Lord Ferrers' house. I was on horseback with
Sir G.B. who kindly held my horse while I made this sketch. I
think it was the finest ash I ever saw.' Three copies of
Beaumont's own drawings were made by Constable during his
stay at Coleorton. One was of a sketch which Sir George had
made in 1790 in East Bergholt. The other copies are known
as Mill on River and Caister Castle, Norfolk. (JCC II, p. 291)
1823 "Leslie says that Constable made a large sketch of the front
late Oct-Nov of the house" at Leicestershire. (JCC II, p. 298)
1823 after Oct Letter from J.C. in London to Frank Collins in London. (JCC IV,
p. 67)
1823 Nov 2 Letter, dated wrongly by J.C. 2nd October, from J.C. in
Leicestershire to Maria in London: "I have finished a beautifull
copy of the little Claude—a sunset. . . . I have begun another
which I hope to complete this week, the little Grove. . . . I
hope my stay will not surpass this week." (JCC II, pp. 293-94;
see also JCD, p. 54 and JC: FDC, p. 147)