SUMMER MORNING
1831
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 MORNING is a 1831 by John Constable, a Romanticism work, depicting Summer, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Summer Morning is a print by John Constable. It’s part of a famous series of 22 mezzotints he guided. The series, called English Landscape, came out between 1830 and 1832. Constable didn’t just paint these scenes—he picked old oil sketches and paintings to turn into prints. He worked closely with the mezzotint engraver David Lucas to make sure the prints matched his vision. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more of Constable’s prints.
This print is a mezzotint from John Constable’s series *Various Subjects of English Landscape*, published between 1830 and 1832, which he created to promote appreciation of English scenery and the interplay of light and shadow in nature. Executed by mezzotinter David Lucas, the work translates Constable’s original oil sketches and paintings into a distinct graphic style, emphasizing texture and tonal contrasts. The series, revised in 1833, was commercially unsuccessful for Constable, though Lucas’s engravings remain notable for their technical brilliance. After Constable’s death, additional…
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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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