1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL. FROM THE MEADOWS is a 1850 by John Constable, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print is titled SALISBURY CATHEDRAL. FROM THE MEADOWS. It's a work by John Constable from the mid 19th century. The print is part of a series of mezzotints based on Constable's oil sketches and paintings. This series was published in several parts. To learn more about the techniques used in this print, look up the technique of mezzotint, but for now, check out the work of artist: Constable, John (RA).
This mezzotint by David Lucas reproduces John Constable’s oil sketch *Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows*, created around 1829–30, as part of the 22-plate series *Various Subjects of English Landscape*, published in stages between 1830 and 1832. After Constable’s death in 1837, additional plates were completed and new ones produced, expanding the series beyond its original scope. Lucas employed mezzotint, drypoint, and etching to translate Constable’s painterly effects—such as bold light-and-dark contrasts and nuanced tonal transitions—into a distinct graphic language. Though the project…
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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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