Artwork
HAMPSTEAD HEATH, MIDDLESEX
HAMPSTEAD HEATH, MIDDLESEX is a print by the Romanticist artist John Constable. It dates from 1831 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
John Constable’s 1831 print *Hampstead Heath, Middlesex* is part of his big landscape series. He oversaw mezzotints made from his own oil sketches and paintings. David Lucas did the engraving work.
It’s one of 22 prints in *Various Subjects of English Landscape*. The series came out in six parts between 1830 and 1832.
See more mezzotints by Constable at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Overview
Hampstead Heath, Middlesex is a 1831 print by John Constable, part of a series of mezzotints based on his own works.
Subject & Meaning
The series, English Landscape, showcases Constable's emphasis on the role of light and shadow in landscape, drawing on the precedents of Claude Lorrain and J.M.W. Turner. It highlights England's scenery and nature's chiaroscuro principle.
Technique & Style
The print is one of 22 mezzotints executed by David Lucas, a young engraver and former pupil of Samuel Reynolds, under Constable's supervision.
History & Provenance
English Landscape was published in six parts between 1830 and 1832, with a revised edition in 1833. The series continued to be reprinted and expanded after Constable's death in 1837.
Artist & collection
Artist
John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.
