A Mill, from English Landscape

Prints and Drawings

1830

David Lucas (English, 1802-1881)
after John Constable (English, 1776-1837)

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.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: David Lucas
Title: A Mill, from English Landscape
Place: England (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 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.)
Credit Line: William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment
Reference Number: 1938.160
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