Noon

1830

David Lucas after John Constable

Associated Names
David Lucas

Artist, British, 1802 - 1881

John Constable

Artist After, British, 1776 - 1837

The image shows a landscape with a rolling hill in the foreground sloping downward. The horizon is high, providing a view over fields and sky. Sheep graze on the hill, tended by a person. A large, dark tree is on the right. Brushstrokes vary in the sky and land, with broad strokes for clouds and finer ones for grass and foliage. The color palette is mainly black, white, and shades of grey, highlighting light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.5 x 25.5 cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 19.5 x 30.6 cm (7 11/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.118.23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Shirley 1930, no. 16, State proof b

  • Series Title

    English Landscape

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1930

  • Shirley, Andrew. The Published Mezzotints of David Lucas after John Constable, R.A.. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930.

Wikidata ID

Q76338094

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