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Life and letters of John Constable, R. A (1896)

Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 56

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hPorch, which, as well as the Dedham Vale, remained in hispossession to the end of his life, and I am therefore well acquaintedwith them. The Porch is that of Bergholt Church, and thestillness of a summer afternoon is broken only by the voice of anold man to whom a woman and girl sitting on one of… … BERGHOLT CHURCH PORCH. i8ii.] DEDHAM VALE.—-PORTRAIT PAINTING. 25 but when once noticed, few pictures would longer detain a mindof any sensibility. I have heard the word sentiment ridiculedwhen applied to representations of inanimate objects. But noother word can express that from which the…

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