David Lucas (English, 1802-1881)

Mezzotints after John Constable (English, 1776-1836)

In 1829, the Romantic landscape painter John Constable enlisted a talented young engraver named David Lucas to produce a series of mezzotints from his images of the English countryside. The results of this collaboration were published as English Landscape Scenery, a series of skillfully rendered plates that translate the dramatic atmosphere of Constable’s paintings - particularly the cloudy skies - into a velvety palette of light and dark.

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    East Bergholt

    Plate 1 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7-3/4 x 9-1/2 inches.
    [23868]
    $230
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    A Dell, Helmingham Park, Suffolk

    Plate 3 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 8-3/4 inches.
    [23870]
    $230
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    Willy Lott’s House

    Plate 6 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    10 x 7-1/4 inches.
    [23873]
    $230
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    Mill Stream

    Plate 7 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    SIZE inches.
    [23874]
    $240
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    Hadleigh Castle, Near the Nore

    Plate 8 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 10 inches.
    [23875]
    $240
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    Hampstead Heath, Harrow in the Distance

    Plate 10 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 8-1/4 inches.
    [23877]
    $240
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    A Mill Near Brighton

    Plate 11 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7-1/4 x 5 inches.
    [23878]
    $230
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    View on the River Stour

    Plate 12 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 8-3/4 inches.
    [23879]
    $230
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    Opening of Waterloo Bridge

    Plate 17 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 9-1/2 inches.
    [23884]
    $230
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    A Lock on the Stour, Suffolk

    Plate 18 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 8-1/2 inches.
    [23885]
    $240
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    Summer Afternoon - After a Shower

    Plate 19 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 8-3/4 inches.
    [23886]
    $260
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    A Mill

    Plate 23 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 10 inches.
    [23890]
    $240
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    Autumnal Sun Set

    Plate 24 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 10 inches.
    [23891]
    $240
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    Summer Evening

    Plate 25 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 10 inches.
    [23892]
    $240
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    A Summerland

    Plate 26 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches.
    [23893]
    $260
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    Jacques and the Wounded Stag

    Scene from As You Like It. Plate 27 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 9-1/2 inches.
    [23894]
    $225
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    Sir Richard Steele’s Cottage, Hampstead Road

    Plate 30 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches.
    [23897]
    $260
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    Castle Acre Priory

    Plate 31 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 10 inches.
    [23898]
    $230
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    Summer Morning

    Plate 32 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 10 inches.
    [23899]
    $260
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    A Sea Beach

    Plate 38 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches.
    [23905]
    $230
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    Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk

    Plate 40 for English Landscape Scenery. Mezzotint on steel. London, 1855.
    7 x 10 inches.
    [23907]
    $260