1855
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A DELL, HELMINGHAM PARK, SUFFOLK is a 1855 by John Constable, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print, *A Dell, Helmingham Park, Suffolk*, is a mezzotint by David Lucas after a work by John Constable, created as part of the series *Various Subjects of English Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery*, published in multiple editions between 1830 and 1832. The series, overseen by Constable in his later years, aimed to reinterpret his oil sketches and paintings through mezzotint, emphasizing chiaroscuro and the interplay of light and shadow in English landscapes. Lucas’s engraving translates Constable’s original compositions into a distinct graphic style, preserving the tactile…
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John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.
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