Perfecting a rainbow: John Constable and David Lucas, ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, 1834-7. Part 6 – Catalogue of states (02)

This is the sixth part of an examination of the various states of Constable’s mezzotint of Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows. This was engraved by David Lucas under the artist’s close supervision between late 1834 and Constable's death on 31 March 1837. Here we begin the second section of the catalogue of states: Impressions with … Continue reading Perfecting a rainbow: John Constable and David Lucas, ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, 1834-7. Part 6 – Catalogue of states (02) →

Perfecting a rainbow: John Constable and David Lucas, ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, 1834-7. Part 5 – Catalogue of states (01f)

This is the fifth part of an examination of the various states of Constable’s mezzotint of Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows. This was engraved by David Lucas under the artist’s supervision and instruction between late 1834 and Constable's death on 31 March 1837. Here we complete the first section of a catalogue of states: Impressions … Continue reading Perfecting a rainbow: John Constable and David Lucas, ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, 1834-7. Part 5 – Catalogue of states (01f) →

Perfecting a rainbow: John Constable and David Lucas, ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, 1834-7. Part 4 – Catalogue of states (01e)

This is the fourth part of an examination of the various states of Constable’s mezzotint of Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows. This was engraved by David Lucas under the artist’s supervision and instruction between late 1834 and Constable's death on 31 March 1837. Here we continue the first section of a catalogue of states: John … Continue reading Perfecting a rainbow: John Constable and David Lucas, ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, 1834-7. Part 4 – Catalogue of states (01e) →

Perfecting a rainbow: John Constable and David Lucas, ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, 1834-7. Part 3 – Catalogue of states (01a-d)

This is the third part of an examination of the various states of Constable’s mezzotint of Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows. This was engraved by David Lucas under the artist’s close supervision and instruction between late 1834 and Constable's death on 31 March 1837. Following sections giving an introduction and some background and context, here … Continue reading Perfecting a rainbow: John Constable and David Lucas, ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, 1834-7. Part 3 – Catalogue of states (01a-d) →

Perfecting a rainbow: John Constable and David Lucas, ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, 1834-7. Part 2 – Beginnings

This is the second part of an examination of the various states of Constable’s mezzotint of Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows. This was engraved by David Lucas under the artist’s close supervision and instruction between late 1834 and Constable's death on 31 March 1837. Here we explore the context and background to the project up … Continue reading Perfecting a rainbow: John Constable and David Lucas, ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, 1834-7. Part 2 – Beginnings →

Perfecting a rainbow: John Constable and David Lucas, ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, 1834-7. Part #1 Introduction

Dedicated readers will remember that in 2018 we mused over various states of John Constable’s print of ‘A Summerland’. Here we apply the magnifying glass to his ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’. This was the last, largest and most ambitious mezzotint completed under the artist’s direct supervision. Work began on the plate in 1834 and … Continue reading Perfecting a rainbow: John Constable and David Lucas, ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, 1834-7. Part #1 Introduction →

Update: Another Constable ‘Summerland’ proof!

I admitted in my original article on David Lucas’s progress proofs for Constable's 'A Summerland' that my attempt to record all of the impressions for this composition was doomed to amendment. I hardly suspected that it would require amending quite so frequently. Here is yet another proof; the third to appear this year. I haven’t … Continue reading Update: Another Constable ‘Summerland’ proof! →

Further Constable ‘Summerland’ proofs #2

This article extends the consideration of two proofs of the print by David Lucas and John Constable of the artist's composition of 'A Summerland' sold at Chiswick auctions on 27 June 2019, together with a further proof from the series of 'English Landscape Scenery' of 'Willy Lott's Cottage'. To start with the first new ‘Summerland’ proof. … Continue reading Further Constable ‘Summerland’ proofs #2 →

Update: Further Constable ‘Summerland’ proofs

On 27 June 2019, lot 372 Chiswick Auctions, London offered a progress proof of David Lucas’s mezzotint of Constable’s ‘A Summerland’. The catalogue identified this as proof state 10e as given in Andrew Shirley's superb book Mezzotints by David Lucas after John Constable, published in 1930.. This turns out to be wrong. It is, rather, … Continue reading Update: Further Constable ‘Summerland’ proofs →

Update: New Constable ‘Summerland’ proof identified

Recently a reader sent me a photograph of a proof impression of Constable’s ‘Summerland’. This turns out to be a distinct and hitherto unrecorded progress proof made sometime between an impression at the Metropolitan Museum, New York and one at the V&A, London. I discussed this part of the sequence in the article ‘John Constable, … Continue reading Update: New Constable ‘Summerland’ proof identified →