Old Sarum
Print
1830 (made), 01/1831 (published)
1830 (made), 01/1831 (published)
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This print has been created by David Lucas after a painting by John Constable. It was published by Constable in English Landscape Scenery, number 2, January 1831. Constable, who was interested in the 'chiaroscuro of nature', or the effects of light and shade, chose mezzotint as the print medium for reproducing his work and asked Lucas to collaborate with him. Constable reworked the details to ensure that the image reproduced his ideas exactly.
This subject was begun in 1829, the same year as Constable made the oil sketch on which it is based. It was ready for printing in January 1830. In the second edition of English Landscape Scenery, 1833, Constable replaced it with another plate in which the terraces of Old Sarum were more strongly delineated.
The original oil sketch for this subject (Museum no. 163-1888) and a watercolour of it (Museum no. 1628-1888) are also in the V&A's collection.
This subject was begun in 1829, the same year as Constable made the oil sketch on which it is based. It was ready for printing in January 1830. In the second edition of English Landscape Scenery, 1833, Constable replaced it with another plate in which the terraces of Old Sarum were more strongly delineated.
The original oil sketch for this subject (Museum no. 163-1888) and a watercolour of it (Museum no. 1628-1888) are also in the V&A's collection.
Object details
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Title | Old Sarum (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Mezzotint on laid paper |
Brief description | Mezzotint by David Lucas after Constable's 'Old Sarum', London, 1829-1830 |
Physical description | Landscape showing the hill at Old Sarum, farmland and farm animals, and a shepherd and his dog herding a flock of sheep in the foreground, left. |
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Object history | The plate was begun in 1829 and ready for printing in January 1830. In the second edition of English Landscape Sceenery, 1833, Constable replaced it with another plate in which the terraces of Old Sarum are more strongly delineated. This impression has been printed with a small hair between the paper and the plate seen at the top of the slope of the mound to the viewer's left. |
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Summary | This print has been created by David Lucas after a painting by John Constable. It was published by Constable in English Landscape Scenery, number 2, January 1831. Constable, who was interested in the 'chiaroscuro of nature', or the effects of light and shade, chose mezzotint as the print medium for reproducing his work and asked Lucas to collaborate with him. Constable reworked the details to ensure that the image reproduced his ideas exactly. This subject was begun in 1829, the same year as Constable made the oil sketch on which it is based. It was ready for printing in January 1830. In the second edition of English Landscape Scenery, 1833, Constable replaced it with another plate in which the terraces of Old Sarum were more strongly delineated. The original oil sketch for this subject (Museum no. 163-1888) and a watercolour of it (Museum no. 1628-1888) are also in the V&A's collection. |
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Accession number | E.777-1991 |
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Record created | May 26, 2006 |
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