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Collection of Mezzotints

David Lucas, 1802–1881

A collection of mezzotints; the principal part being 154 mezzotints engraved by David Lucas after Constable, the majority trial proofs for Constable's 'English Landscape', some annotated by Constable. Also Parts I-III and V of 'English Landscape' and a copy of George Field's 'Chromatics, or an Essay on the Analogy and Harmony of Colours', a number of prints by Lucas after Constable, and an autograph letter from Constable to Lucas. The main illustration is 'Salisbury Cathedral' after John Constable, circa 1831.

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Title of artwork, date

Collection of Mezzotints, 1802–1881

Date supported

1954

Medium and material

Mezzotint

Gifted by

Anonymous

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