David Lucas
Frontispiece: East Bergholt, Suffolk

ArtistBritish, 1802–1881
ArtistBritish, 1776–1837
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Frontispiece: East Bergholt, Suffolk
  • from the portfolio Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery
Date1829–1832
MediumMezzotint with brush and gray wash, state I/III
DimensionsPlate: 9 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (23.2 × 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (27.3 × 39.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer
Object number2023.471.1
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, as of 1832; given to Mrs. Reeve [1]; by descent to her son, Henry Reeve; private collection; [C.G. Boerner, New York, by 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.

[1] According to an accompanying letter by Henry Reeve, the presentation copy was selected and given to his mother, Mrs. Reeve of 3 Well Walk, Hampstead, by the artist who lived nearby at 40 Well Walk; the Reeve family came from the same part of Suffolk as Constable and Mrs. Reeve’s husband, Dr. Reeve, was at Dedham Grammar School together with Constable “about the year 1793.”
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, center top edge: FRONTISPIECE. / To Mr. Constable's English Landscape.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, left bottom edge: Painted by John Constable, R.A.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, center bottom edge: EAST BERGHOLT, SUFFOLK. / "Hic locus aetatis nostra primordia novit / Annos felices laetitiaeque dies / Hic locus ingenuis pueriles imbuit annos / Artibus, et nostrae laudis origo fuit." [cursive] / London, Published by Mr Constable 35, Charlotte St Fitzroy Square, 1831.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, right bottom edge: Engraved by David Lucas
Verso: [none]

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