Various Subjects of Landscape Characteristic of English Landscape Scenery
1830/32
Medium
Portfolio cover
Dimensions
Volume: 30.5 × 46.5 cm (12 1/16 × 18 5/16 in.)
Classification
portfolio cover
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
157555
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints Drawings collection, where you'll find *Various Subjects of Landscape Characteristic of Landscape Scenery*, a cover crafted by David Lucas around 1830–32. Measuring 30.5 × 46.5 cm, this modest yet evocative piece serves as the gateway to a celebrated series of mezzotint engravings. Lucas, a master engraver, collaborated closely with Romantic painter John Constable to translate his luminous oil sketches of the English countryside into richly toned prints, capturing the moody skies, rolling fields, and intimate natural details that defined the era...
About the Artist
David Lucas · 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...