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Wet wheels.

Follow the shallow water back towards the cottage.

An empty hay wagon crosses shallow water beside a cottage.
John Constable · 1821 · Artwork and sources

A painting: Where does the water lead?

The wagon gives the broad landscape a centre. Follow the shallow water back towards the cottage. Constable worked out the composition in a full-scale oil sketch before painting this canvas, almost two metres wide.

A book: Frankenstein

Read a chapter. Set the companion to the last chapter you have already read before looking up a name or reference.

A connection to follow

Begin with one detail in the image. In your next chapter, follow one person through the scene. These works are paired as an exercise in attention, not as a claim of historical influence.

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