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1833 late in year See 1835 Dec 9-16<br />

1833 Letter endorsed 1833 (but refers to Harwich, mentioned in<br />

his letter of 1831 July 23), from J.C. to <strong>John</strong> Martin: "I have<br />

put the little coast into a frame—which you can purchase if<br />

you please. . . . It was originally a present from me to Mr<br />

Pulham. I took back of her all the pictures (of landscape) I<br />

had done for them—four in number. . . . I have not varnished<br />

the picture in case you wish for any additions or alterations.<br />

My poor friend Dr Gooch used to put a similar picture of<br />

Yarmouth—which I did for him [-] on the sopha while he<br />

breakfasted. . . . will you call on me soon and let me know if<br />

Mr. Finden means to engrave the drawings of Warwick." (JCC<br />

V, p. 89)<br />

1833 Engraving by Edward Finden of Kenilworth after J.C., bearing<br />

publication line of Chapman and Hall, 1833. (JCC V, p. 87)<br />

1833 Title page of English Landscape. (JCD, p. 7)<br />

1834 Jan 8 Letter from sister Mary in Flatford to J.C., dated "Jan. 8,<br />

1834" in another hand: "I hope you will go and look at the<br />

picture of the Battle of Agincourt. . . . The attack on such a<br />

face as your's vexes me but I hope a cure is at hand." (JCC I,<br />

pp. 279-81)<br />

1834 Jan 20 Letter from J.C. in Hampstead to Leslie in West Point. (JCC III,<br />

pp. 107-109; see also JCC IV, pp. 221-22, 406, JCD, p. 3,<br />

JC: FDC, pp. 238, 288 and JCC V, pp. 13, 172)<br />

1834 Jan 21 Note from Martin Shee to J.C. in London. (JC: FDC, p. 288)<br />

1834 Jan 23 Letter from J.C. in London to David Lucas in Chelsea. (It is<br />

possible the date is wrong, and should read 1835.) (JCC IV,<br />

p. 408)<br />

1834 Jan 24 Letter from J.C. to J.H. Burke in Hampstead. (JCC V, p. 107)<br />

1834 Feb 2 Letter from J.C. in Hampstead to <strong>John</strong> Britton: "I<br />

contemplated adding a view of Stonehenge to my book—but<br />

only a poetical one. Its literal representation as a 'stone<br />

quarry', has been often enough done. I also contemplate a

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