Approaching Storm, View on the Thames
Print
1829 (made)
1829 (made)
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This is one of the first two engravings to be produced from the close collaboration between John Constable and the mezzotint engraver David Lucas. Lucas's successful interpretation of this subject and its companion, Departing Storm, led directly to the inception of the English Landscape project and it is upon them that Constable's entire mezzotint heritage depends. However, a composition by John Constable of this subject is not recorded and it is possible that Lucas made this mezzotint after his own design to show Constable of what he was capable.
Object details
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| Title | Approaching Storm, View on the Thames (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint on wove paper |
| Brief description | Mezzotint, 'Approaching Storm, View on the Thames', by David Lucas, possibly after John Constable; British 1829. |
| Physical description | Monochrome print showing the Thames in the centre, on which is a boat, in a landscape setting with trees to the left. The sun is disappearing behind some dark clouds and its rays are shining upwards towards the left, highlighting more clouds. |
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| Production type | Proof |
| Marks and inscriptions | APPROACHING STORM, VIEW ON THE THAMES. / London, Published by S. Hollyer, Everett St. Russell Sq" (Printed below image within plate.) |
| Object history | Exceptionally rare progress proof. |
| Historical context | Shirley thought that the image was based on a watercolour attributed to Constable which was in 1930 in the collection of Major P.W. Leggatt. Doubt has since been cast on this watercolour; according to the sales catalogue for Campbell Fine Art, from whom the print was purchased, it may well be a reversed copy of the mezzotint. |
| Production | Attribution note: Progress proof |
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| Summary | This is one of the first two engravings to be produced from the close collaboration between John Constable and the mezzotint engraver David Lucas. Lucas's successful interpretation of this subject and its companion, Departing Storm, led directly to the inception of the English Landscape project and it is upon them that Constable's entire mezzotint heritage depends. However, a composition by John Constable of this subject is not recorded and it is possible that Lucas made this mezzotint after his own design to show Constable of what he was capable. |
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| Accession number | E.1766-1991 |
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| Record created | April 22, 2008 |
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