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English Landscape Scenery (1855)

Original mezzotint engravings by David Lucas after John Constable paintings.
Over 160 years old.

Sheet size: approximately 17.5 x 13.25 inches
Image size varies and is listed below.
(note: some plates moderately foxed, click thumbnails for enlarged view)
   
John Constable (1776–1836). In the late 1820s Constable became interested in publishing prints of his paintings, which had been critically acclaimed but were less commercially popular. He hoped to change this by issuing printed reproductions destined for a wider audience. Although advised to use lithography, he felt that mezzotint could be better adapted to simulate his painterly effects. He found an unknown but talented mezzotint engraver, David Lucas, and in 1829 they began work on a series of mezzotints, which would be issued as Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery. Despite the publication of two separate editions the work was not a commercial success for Constable, mainly because his approach to nature was not appreciated until many years later. Yet in technical terms the mezzotints are a resounding success, and capture many of Constable's atmospheric effects and painterly techniques.

A Cottage in a Cornfield
A Cottage in a Cornfield
Willy Lot's House

Willy Lot's House

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 11.5 x 17.125 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 7.5 X 10 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT)
APPROX. 6 X 6.75 inches

Light foxing in margins

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$250
Spring

Spring

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 11.5 x 17.125 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 10.25 X 6 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT)
APPROX. 9.675 X 5 inches

Foxing

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$150
View on the Orwell

View on the Orwell

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 11.5 x 17.125 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 8.675 X 7 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 7.125 X 5.5 inches

Extremely Light foxing in margins

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$225
A Mill

A Mill
Near Brighton

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 11.5 x 17.125 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 4.875 X 7 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 4.5 X 5.75 inches

Light foxing in margins

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$225
Autumnal Sun Set

Autumnal Sun Set
(a view near East Bergholdt)

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 10 X 6.875 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 9.5 X 5 inches

some foxing

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$175
Summer Morning

Summer Morning
(Dedham Vale)

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 9.75 X 6.875 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 8.5 X 5.5 inches

foxing

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Summer Afternoon...After a Shower

Summer Afternoon... After a Shower

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 8.675 X 7 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 7.325 X 5.5 inches

foxing

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Summer Evening

Summer Evening
(Field near East Bergholdt)

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 10 X 6.75 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 8.5 X 5.5 inches

some foxing

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$225
A Sea Beach

A Sea Beach
(near Brighton)

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 9.75 X 6.75 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 8.675 X 5.5 inches

minor foxing

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$200
Yarmouth, Norfolk

Yarmouth, Norfolk

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 9.875 X 7 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 8.675 X 5.375 inches

very minor foxing

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$200
Hadleigh Castle, near the Nore

Hadleigh Castle, near the Nore

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 10 X 7 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 9 X 5.875 inches

mild foxing

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$200
View on the River Stour

View on the River Stour

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 8.5 X 7 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 7.375 X 5.375 inches

Some foxing, mianly in margin, but a couple small marks just above image on left side

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$300
A Dell, Helmington Park, Suffolk

A Dell, Helmington Park, Suffolk

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 9 X 6.75 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 7.25 X 5.675 inches

Some foxing, mainly in margin

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$175
Cornfields near Brighton

Cornfields near Brighton

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 10 X 7.25 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 7.875 X 5.25 inches

Foxing

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$175

Weymouth Bay, Dorsetshire
Weymouth Bay, Dorsetshire

Old Sarum
Old Sarum

Sir Richard Steele's Cottage
Sir Richard Steele's Cottage

Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral

Noon
Noon
A Summerland

A Summerland

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 10 X 7 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 8.875 X 5.75 inches

minor foxing, mostly in margins

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$225
Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk

Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 9.875 X 7 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 8.675 X 5.675 inches

moderate foxing in margins

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$175
Hampstead Heath Harrow in the distance

Hampstead Heath

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 11.5 X 9.125 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 7.25 X 5.5 inches

minor foxing in margins

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$250
Hampstead Heath Harrow in the distance

Hampstead Heath
Harrow in the distance

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 8.375 X 7 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 7 X 5.5 inches

minor foxing in margins

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$225

Castle Acre Priory
Castle Acre Priory

The Glebe Farm
The Glebe Farm

A Lock on the Stour, Suffolk
A Lock on the Stour, Suffolk

East Bergholdt

East Bergholdt
(Garden view of the house
in which Constable was born)

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 9.375 X 7.75 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 7.375 X 5.5 inches

minor foxing in margins

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$125
Porch of the Church at East Bergholt, Suffolk

Porch of the Church at East Bergholt, Suffolk

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 11.5 x 17.125 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 7.25 x 9.5 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 6.125 X 7.5 inches

Light foxing in margins; faint crescent shaped crease in upper left corner, just extending into uppermost corner of image

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$150
A Heath

A Heath
(Hampstead)

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 8.675 X 6.875 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 7.5 X 5.5 inches

Light foxing in margins

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$175
Dedham Mill and Church

A Mill
[Dedham Mill & Church)

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 10 X 7.25 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 8.5 X 5.5 inches

Moderate foxing in margins

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$250
Opening of Waterloo Bridge

Opening of Waterloo Bridge

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 9.75 X 6.875 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 8.75 X 5.375 inches

Light foxing in margins and title area

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$200
Jacques and the Wounded Stag

Jacques and the Wounded Stag

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 17.125 x 11.5 inches
PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 9.5 X 6.75 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 7.5 X 5.25 inches

Light foxing in margins

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$200
 
Jacques and the Wounded A Mill Near Colchester

A Mill Near Colchester

FRAMED SIZE: APPROX. 20.125 x 16.75 inches (cherry wood-colored frame, solid wood)
Please forgive flash reflection in glass

PLATE IMPRESSION: APPROX. 9.5 X 6.75 inches
IMAGE SIZE (EXCLUDING TEXT):
APPROX. 7.5 X 5.25 inches

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Click image above for enlarged view, please forgive flash reflection in glass of framed item

$325
 

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