John Constable and Rambler Press
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One of the most appealing and satisfying things about printing books on paper from a variety of long-established European paper mills is the sense of almost physically touching the past. That’s today’s story from the UK.
A pencil drawing by the famous painter John Constable (1776–1837) has just been auctioned. The work, which most likely depicts the area around Framlingham Castle (30 miles from East Bergholt, where Constable lived), was created between 1800 and 1815. We were particularly intrigued by the fact that the drawing was made on paper produced in the town of Wells by Joseph Coles of Lower Wookey Mill. The watermark on the paper was used between 1805 and 1815.
Today the former Lower Wookey Mill is still situated near Wells and is called St Cuthbert's Mill . It is on this paper that we print our books and so create our place in the relay of generations.
