1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Willy Lott's House is a 1850 by John Constable, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
John Constable made a print called *Willy Lott’s House*. It’s a quiet landscape in mezzotint, a tricky print method that gives soft, deep shadows. This image comes from a famous series. Constable picked 22 of his own paintings to turn into prints. He worked closely with the engraver David Lucas to get the light right. Look up the artist: Constable, John (RA).
This mezzotint by John Constable, produced with David Lucas, depicts Willy Lott’s House in Flatford, East Bergholt, located downstream from Flatford Mill. Part of the series *Various Subjects of English Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery*, the print emphasizes Constable’s study of light and shadow in the English countryside. Lucas’s mezzotint technique translates Constable’s original works into a distinct graphic style, capturing the textures and contrasts of the landscape. The project, though commercially unsuccessful during Constable’s lifetime, later became significant in art…
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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