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Oil on Canvas. Sketch for the Valley Farm. Ex Collection James Orrock. This is one of several sketches of the same subject, a larger one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. This is on the original stretcher. Illustrated in the color frontispiece of the book Constable Sketches in Oil & Watercolors published by Newnes, a copy of the book accompanies the lot. This lot again comes with a plethora of paperwork including a copy of a 1927 letter of purchase for this piece and a painting from the school of Gainsborough also in this sale, followed by a 1946 letter from the dealer who sold the client this art in 1927 trying to buy it for another client. Also present is a 2012 appraisal from a major auction house with a $100,000 evaluation. We are attributing this because we have no signature and have not had time to research this properly. Approx. 8" x 11".