1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
VIEW ON THE RIVER STOUR is a 1850 by John Constable, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a river scene by John Constable. It’s part of a big series of mezzotints made late in his life. The series had 22 landscape prints. Constable picked famous paintings and sketches, then worked with David Lucas to turn them into prints. If you like this kind of quiet landscape art, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This mezzotint reproduces a view of the River Stour above Flatford, looking toward Willy Lott’s House, drawn from Constable’s earlier oil sketches and paintings. Executed by David Lucas as part of the 1830–32 series *English Landscape*, the print emphasizes natural light and shadow through Constable’s chiaroscuro approach. Lucas’s technique translates the painter’s textures and tonal contrasts into a distinct graphic language. The work was later reprinted after Constable’s death, with additional plates completed or newly engraved by Lucas.
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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