 Youth on the Prow , and Pleasure at the Helm was purchased at the time of its exhibition by Robert Vernon for his important collection of British art . ( The price Vernon paid for Youth and Pleasure is not recorded , although Etty 's cashbook records a partial payment of £ 250 — about £ 21 @,@ 000 in 2016 terms — so it is likely to have been a substantial sum . ) Vernon later purchased John Constable 's The Valley Farm , planning to hang it in the place then occupied by Youth and Pleasure . This decision caused Constable to comment " My picture is to go into the place — where Etty 's " Bumboat " is at present — his picture with its precious freight is to be brought down nearer to the nose . " Vernon presented his collection to the nation in 1847 , and his 157 paintings , including Youth and Pleasure , entered the National Gallery . 
 Youth on the Prow , and Pleasure at the Helm was purchased at the time of its exhibition by Robert Vernon for his important collection of British art . ( The price Vernon paid for Youth and Pleasure is not recorded , although Etty <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>cashbook <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>records</mark></a> a partial payment of £ 250 — about £ 21 @,@ 000 in 2016 terms — so it <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a>likely to have been a substantial sum . ) Vernon later purchased John Constable <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>The Valley Farm , planning to hang it in the place then occupied by Youth and Pleasure . This decision caused Constable to comment " My picture is to go into the place — where Etty <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>" Bumboat " <a href='drop_aux' title='6'><mark>is</mark></a>at present — his picture with its precious freight is to be brought down nearer to the nose . " Vernon presented his collection to the nation in 1847 , and his 157 paintings , including Youth and Pleasure , entered the National Gallery . 
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