1855
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
River Stour, Suffolk is a 1855 by John Constable, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
John Constable made this print of a Suffolk river scene in 1855. It’s a landscape printed with mezzotint, a richly toned method that lets artists copy subtle shades. The series was a big deal back then. Constable guided the project himself, picking scenes and checking every print before it went to press. Want to see another Constable? Look up Constable, John (RA).
This print, *River Stour, Suffolk*, is a mezzotint by David Lucas after a work by John Constable, produced as part of the series *Various Subjects of English Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery*, published between 1830 and 1832. The series aimed to showcase Constable’s interpretations of English scenery, emphasizing the interplay of light and shadow in landscape. Lucas’s mezzotint technique translated Constable’s original brushwork into a distinct graphic style, using tonal contrasts to evoke texture and depth. The print appears in a bound volume containing 40 plates and accompanying…
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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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