CONTENTS
| Chap. | |
| I. | [The Year 1824] |
| II. | [The Brown Tree] |
| III. | [His Life] |
| IV. | [His Sketches] |
| V. | [His Pictures] |
| VI. | [His Personality and Opinions] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Plate
I. [The Valley Farm] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
(National Gallery)
II. [The Hay Wain] (National Gallery)
III. [The Corn Field] (National Gallery)
IV. [Flatford Mill] (National Gallery)
V. [Dedham Mill] (Victoria and Albert Museum)
VI. [A Country Lane] (National Gallery)
VII. [Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Garden] (Victoria and Albert Museum)
VIII. [Salisbury] (National Gallery)
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CHAPTER I
THE YEAR 1824
John Constable was forty-eight years of age in 1824, a memorable year in the history of landscape painting. A date to be remembered is 1824, for in that year Constable's "Hay Wain" was hung in the French Salon. That picture, which is now in the National Gallery, marked an epoch in landscape art.