15 SEPTEMBER 1928, Page 3

Last Saturday, Flatford Mill, which appears in some of Constable's

most famous pictures, was generously presented to trustees by Mr. T. R. Parkington, of Ipswich, in order that it may become a national possession. The interior of the mill has been converted into studios and workrooms, and the Mill House is to be a guest-house for artists and students. Mr. Parkington has founded three annual scholarships—one English, one Scottish and one French—which will provide maintenance for each scholar for three months or more. The creation of a French scholarship is a very graceful recognition of the debt we owe to Frenchmen for first encouraging Englishmen to recognize the genius of Constable.

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