David Lucas (English, 1802-1881)
after John Constable (English, 1776-1837)
A Mill, from English Landscape
INV-2712
David Lucas (English, 1802-1881)
after John Constable (English, 1776-1837)1830
A Mill, from English Landscape
David Lucas (English, 1802-1881) after John Constable (English, 1776-1837) →mezzotintprint
Date
1830
Medium
Mezzotint on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.2 × 21.3 cm (5 5/8 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 17.5 × 24.2 cm (6 15/16 × 9 9/16 in.); Secondary support: 30 × 38.8 cm (11 13/16 × 15 5/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment
A talented mezzotint engraver, David Lucas devoted his career to reproducing the landscape paintings of John Constable. In the mezzotint process, the entire plate is roughened to create a dark field and then burnished to bring out highlights. Done in monochrome, Lucas’s prints masterfully emphasize the motion and play of light in Constable’s visions of the English landscape.
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