SUMMER EVENING
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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John Constable
John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
SUMMER EVENING is a 1850 by John Constable, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print is titled SUMMER EVENING by John Constable. It's part of a series of mezzotints based on his oil sketches and paintings. The series, published between 1830 and 1832, shows English landscapes, and Constable worked with David Lucas to create the mezzotints. You can learn more about this print and others like it at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This mezzotint by John Constable, titled *Summer Evening*, is part of *Various Subjects of English Landscape*, a series of 22 prints published between 1830 and 1832. Executed by mezzotinter David Lucas, the work translates Constable’s original oil sketches into a graphic medium, emphasizing chiaroscuro and the interplay of light and shadow in the English countryside. The print depicts the view from the rear of West Lodge in East Bergholt, Constable’s childhood home, reflecting his personal connection to the landscape. Though the series was a commercial disappointment for Constable, Lucas’s…
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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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