Constable sketch that was found in suitcase to be sold at auction

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Constable sketch that was found in suitcase to be sold at auction

The 200-year-old pencil sketch of a view across Dover harbour was discovered during a house clearance

A sketch by the English landscape artist John Constable that was found in a suitcase during a house clearance is to be sold at auction.

The pencil sketch, a view across Dover harbour towards the castle above the town, is more than 200 years old. It is one of a series of sketches the artist made in April 1803 during a voyage on the East India Company ship Coutts from London to Deal.

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