{"id":10564,"date":"2026-02-04T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=10564"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:11:37","slug":"john-constable-in-bond-street-february-4th-1799","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/john-constable-in-bond-street-february-4th-1799\/","title":{"rendered":"John Constable in Bond Street February 4th 1799"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"d1be9a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d1be9a;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/john-constable-public-domain-seascape-with-two-sailboats.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10565 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/john-constable-public-domain-seascape-with-two-sailboats.webp 800w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/john-constable-public-domain-seascape-with-two-sailboats-300x191.webp 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/john-constable-public-domain-seascape-with-two-sailboats-768x489.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Constable.  National Gallery of Art seascape with two sailboats.  public domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;<em>I am this morning, admitted a student at the Royal Academy; the figure which I drew for admittance was the torso.  I<\/em>&#8216;<em>m now comfortably settled in Cecil Street, Strand number 23. I shall begin painting as soon as I have the loan of a sweet little picture by Jacob Ruysdael to copy. Since I have been in town, I have seen some remarkably fine ones by him. &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Smith&#8217;s friend, Clanch has left off painting, at least for the present. His whole time and thoughts are occupied in exhibiting an old, rusty, fusty head with a spike in it, which he declares to be the real embalmed head of Oliver Cromwell. Where he got it, I know not.; &#8217;tis to be seen in Bond Street at half a crown admittance.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> John Constable. Letter to John Dunthorne, 1799. <br>From &#8216;A London Year. 365 Days of City Life in Diaries, Journals and Letters&#8217; compiled by Travis Elborough and Nick Rennison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>John Constable in London<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Constable would have had a short walk to the Royal Academy (in Piccadilly)  from the Strand.  As a painter, he subsequently spent his summers painting in Suffolk and his winters in London. When his wife became ill with Tuberculosis, they moved to Brighton. But he continued to return to London. Constable lived in a cottage in Hampstead, and is buried in the  family tomb at the bottom of the graveyard of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_John-at-Hampstead\">St John-at-Hampstead Church<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hampstead\">Hampstead<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"413d3e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #413d3e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal-academy-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10567 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal-academy-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal-academy-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal-academy-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal-academy-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal-academy-2048x1152.webp 2048w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal-academy-1320x743.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Royal Academy Photo KFlude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what the Torso referred to was, but there was (and still is) a fine collection of plaster casts.  The students used these for models. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"93806a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #93806a;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_14-768x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10569 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_14-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_14-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_14-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_14-1536x2048.webp 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_14-1320x1760.webp 1320w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_14-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A fine figure of the older man? Photo by K Flude of Zeus in the basement of the Royal Academy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ad927a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ad927a;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_04-1-1024x668.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10570 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_04-1-1024x668.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_04-1-300x196.webp 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_04-1-768x501.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_04-1-1536x1002.webp 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_04-1-2048x1336.webp 2048w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/royal_acad_july_18_04-1-1320x861.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Print on display at the Royal Academy of students drawing the sculptures in the Collection. Photographed by K Flude.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cromwell&#8217;s Head<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As to the head, it is a fascinating tale, which I partly tell on my Martyrdom of Charles I post. <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/january-28th-31st-charles-i-martyrdom-get-back\/\">here<\/a>:   But here is more details, relevant to the Constable quote.  At the Restoration of Charles II Cromwell&#8217;s body was dug up.  Then the head was stuck on a pole on top of Westminster Hall. It blew off probably in 1684.  The head was on display at a museum, but then no one knows where it was until, in 1799  the Hughes brothers, bought &#8216;it&#8217; for \u00a3230.  It was exhibited in Bond Street. Entrance fee was  2 Shillings and 6p.  Constable&#8217;s acquaintance Clanch who I think is actually John Cranch was the publicist for the event.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The display was not a success because the provenance was not clear. All Cranch could say was Cromwell&#8217;s head was the &#8220;the only instance of a head cut off and spiked that had before been embalmed; which is precisely the case with respect to the head in question&#8221;. But then Henry Ireton&#8217;s was also treated thus, and maybe others.   A head is now in Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College, which Cromwell attended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wikipedia page on Cromwell&#8217;s Head,  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oliver_Cromwell%27s_head\">here<\/a>.,  has a very full description of its travels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Weather Outlook<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Feb fill the dyke<br>Either black or white<br>But if with white, &#8217;tis the better to like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If February gives much snow<br>A fine summer, it doth foreshow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If in February there fall no rain.<br>&#8216;Tis neither good for hay nor grain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From The Perpetual Almanack of Folklore by Charles Kightly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>211<\/strong> \u2013 Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies at Eboracum (modern York, England). Leaving two sons, Caracalla and Geta, to dispute the succession.  For several years York was the HQ for the Roman Emperor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1555 <\/strong>\u2013 John Rogers, Vicar of the Holy Sepulchre Church in London and translator of the Bible, burned at the stake in Smithfield. The first of over 200 English Protestant martyrs condemned in the reign of Mary I. For more about <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/douai-martyrs-saints-day-october-29th\/\">Smithfield burnings see my post here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1789<\/strong> \u2013 George Washington unanimously elected as the first President of the United States. A great leader, who freed his slaves after his and his wife&#8217;s deaths, but who also evaded the rules against selling slaves. To consider the wrongs and rights of the issue <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Washington_and_slavery\">look here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1838<\/strong> &#8211; &#8216;<em>I walked with my daughter Charlotte across the Serpentine, much to my child&#8217;s delight, although I own I did not like to hear the ice cracking under the weight of thousands&#8217;<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Cam Hobhouse, Diary, 1838. From &#8216;A London Year. 365 Days of City Life in Diaries, Journals and Letters&#8217; compiled by Travis Elborough and Nick Rennison. <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/february-12th-1895-the-great-freeze\/\">See my post on the Great Freeze of 1895 with a picture of skating on the Serpentine.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1992\"><strong>1992<\/strong><\/a> \u2013  Hugo Ch\u00e1vez ousts Venezuelan President Carlos Andr\u00e9s P\u00e9rez in coup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Published February 4th 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;I am this morning, admitted a student at the Royal Academy; the figure which I drew for admittance was the torso. I&#8216;m now comfortably settled in Cecil Street, Strand number 23. I shall begin painting as soon as I have the loan of a sweet little picture by Jacob Ruysdael to copy. 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