A collection of mezzotints; the principal part being 154 mezzotints engraved by David Lucas after Constable, the majority trial proofs for Constable's 'English Landscape', some annotated by Constable.
Collection of Mezzotints by David Lucas, 18021881
© Fitzwilliam Museum
Details
- Medium:
- Mezzotint
- Acquired in:
- 1954
- Presented by:
- Anonymous through The Art Fund
Also Parts I-III and V of 'English Landscape' and a copy of George Field's 'Chromatics, or an Essay on the Analogy and Harmony of Colours', a number of prints by Lucas after Constable, and an autograph letter from Constable to Lucas. The main illustration is 'Salisbury Cathedral' after John Constable, circa 1831.
Venue details
Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington Street, CAMBRIDGE
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1RB
01223 332900
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