Summer Evening
1831
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
About the artist
1831
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Summer Evening is a 1831 by David Lucas, a Romanticism work, depicting Summer, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a warm summer evening in the English countryside. Soft light glows over rolling hills and a quiet river. Trees frame the scene on both sides, leading your eye into the distance. It’s one of 22 mezzotints Constable picked himself. He wanted these prints to look just like his famous oil paintings. Mezzotint is a tricky print method that makes deep blacks and smooth gradations in light. You can see it at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This mezzotint by David Lucas reproduces a landscape painting by John Constable, part of the series *Various Subjects of English Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery*, published between 1830 and 1832. The print captures a view from the rear of West Lodge in East Bergholt, Constable’s childhood home, emphasizing the interplay of light and shadow across the scene. Lucas’s technique translates Constable’s original brushwork into mezzotint, preserving the tonal contrasts and textural qualities of the painted landscape. The series aimed to promote English scenery and Constable’s artistic…
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