1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Stoke by Neyland is a 1850 by John Constable, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print, *Stoke by Neyland*, is an English landscape made by John Constable. It’s a mezzotint, a print technique that gives rich, deep tones. At the end of his career, Constable picked his best oil sketches and paintings to turn into prints. He supervised the project himself. Only 22 were made, published in parts between 1830 and 1832. Check out another Constable print at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This mezzotint reproduces John Constable’s oil sketch of the 15th-century church of St Mary at Stoke-by-Nayland, positioned on a hill overlooking Dedham Vale. Executed by David Lucas as part of the series Various Subjects of English Landscape, the print translates Constable’s original handling of light and shadow into mezzotint’s characteristic contrasts. The image was issued in multiple editions, with later impressions completed after Constable’s death in 1837.
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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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