1830
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
STOKE BY NEYLAND, SUFFOLK is a 1830 by John Constable, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
John Constable’s print of Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk shows a quiet English landscape from 1830. It’s part of a famous series called English Landscape. Mezzotint prints like this were made by engraving metal plates. The series started late in Constable’s life. He picked sketches and paintings to turn into prints. It was one of the biggest mezzotint projects ever. See it at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This mezzotint depicts Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, and is one of twenty-two landscape subjects published in Constable’s *English Landscape* series between 1830 and 1832. Executed by David Lucas under Constable’s close supervision, the print translates the painter’s original works into a distinct graphic style, emphasizing light, shadow, and texture. The series aimed to promote appreciation for English scenery and clarify Constable’s artistic principles. Though commercially unsuccessful, the collaboration between Constable and Lucas remains significant in the history of mezzotint engraving.
Read the full account in the museum source.
John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.
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