Departing Storm
Print
1829 (made)
1829 (made)
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This print came into the V&A's collection with an accompanying typescript note stating that "Lucas held this proof in particular esteem as it was one of the first two landscapes on which he had worked with John Constable. It was as a result of these that he received the commission for the famous series of engravings of English landscape scenery". The companion to this piece was entitled 'Approaching Storm' and an impression is in the V&A's collection, museum number E.1766-1991. 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 | Departing Storm (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint on chine collé paper |
| Brief description | Mezzotint, 'Departing Storm', by David Lucas, after John Constable. Published by Samuel Hollyer; proof, British 1829. |
| Physical description | Monochrome print of a landscape setting after a storm with a rainbow left coming from behind a dense cloud formation. There are a few figures in the middle distance and left of the foreground. |
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| Production type | Proof |
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| Object history | Exceptionally rare progress proof before all letters. From the collection of Peter Leslie, Esq., grandson of C.R. Leslie, Constable's biograper, sold with an accompanying transcript (E.1767:2-1991) which reads "This fine proof of The Departing Storm was given to my grandfather C.R. Leslie, in 1845 by the engraver Mr. David Lucas. Mr. Lucas held this proof in particular esteem as it was one of the first two landscapes on which he had worked with John Constable. It was as a result of these that he received the commission for the famous series of engravings of English landscape scenery." |
| Production | Attribution note: Progress proof before all letters |
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| Summary | This print came into the V&A's collection with an accompanying typescript note stating that "Lucas held this proof in particular esteem as it was one of the first two landscapes on which he had worked with John Constable. It was as a result of these that he received the commission for the famous series of engravings of English landscape scenery". The companion to this piece was entitled 'Approaching Storm' and an impression is in the V&A's collection, museum number E.1766-1991. 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.1767-1991 |
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| Record created | April 22, 2008 |
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