A Heath, 1830/1831

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Medium

mezzotint in black on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 17.6 x 22 cm (6 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

sheet: 27.6 x 42.7 cm (10 7/8 x 16 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

Shirley 1930, no. 23, State i-m/m (proof)

Accession Number

1994.60.42

Artists / Makers

David Lucas (artist) British, 1802 - 1881

John Constable (artist after) British, 1776 - 1837

Image Use

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Inscription

probably by later hand, lower right in graphite: A Heath Hampstead; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 18/18/; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: w/f; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 8 E proof; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 7657 (circled)

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.

Exhibition History

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 59.

Bibliography

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

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 59.