A Lock on the Stour
Medium
Mezzotint; first or second state of five
Dimensions
Image: 5 5/8 in. × 7 in. (14.3 × 17.8 cm) Plate: 7 × 8 3/8 in. (17.8 × 21.3 cm) Sheet: 11 3/8 × 17 1/8 in. (28.9 × 43.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1943
Accession Number
43.75.6
Tags
About the Artist
David Lucas|John Constable · 1802–1881
**David Lucas (1802–1881)** David Lucas was born in 1802 in Geddington Chase, Northamptonshire, the son of a farmer.) A chance encounter in 1820 led him to become a pupil of the renowned engraver Samuel William Reynolds, under whom he apprenticed in London until 1827, mastering the art of mezzotint engraving.) By 1827, Lucas had published his first mezzotints, showcasing his precocious talent for...