David Lucas
Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A. Engraved by David Lucas

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Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A. Engraved by David Lucas
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ArtistBritish, 1802–1881
ArtistBritish, 1776–1837
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A. Engraved by David Lucas
  • English Scenery
Date1829–1832
Medium28 mezzotints with etching, roulette, and drypoint, printed on laid (and occasionally wove) paper, many plates retouched by the artist with brush and gray wash
DimensionsSheet (each): 10 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (27.3 × 39.9 cm)
Portfolio case: 1 9/16 × 12 3/8 × 17 1/2 in. (4 × 31.4 × 44.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Frances (Franny) Hubbard Koelsch Jeffries and John Jeffries
Object number2023.471.1-.28
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ProvenanceThe artist, as of 1832; given to Mrs. Reeve; by descent to her son, Henry Reeve; private collection; [C.G. Boerner, New York, by 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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[none]
Watemark on print title, top center: [Partial D]
Catalogue raisonnéPlease see published references.

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Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A. Engraved by David Lucas
David Lucas
1829–1832
Mezzotin with etching, roulette, and drypoint, printed on paper, retouched by the artist with brush and gray wash
2023.471
Untitled #1-5
Vija Celmins
2016
Series of five mezzotints, two with colored pencil (no. 2 and no. 5), on wove paper, edition 21/35 (nos. 1-4) and edition 21/35 (no. 5)
2018.43.1-.5
Camera Work, Number 12
Alfred Stieglitz
published October 1905
Book containing prints [7 Japan tissue prints in photogravure, and 2 half-tone plates, also 3 Japan tissue plates by F. Benedict Herzog]
2000.332
Headdress
1100–1450 AD
Feathers, cotton cloth, and string
2004.2517
Overall recto.
Enrique Chagoya
2000
Lithograph and woodcut in colors, printed chine collé on cream amate paper with collage, 8 plates hinged and folded in accordion book style [leporello binding] resulting in cover, back cover, and 6 pages, edition 18/30
2023.16
Overall recto.
Giorgio Ghisi
Mid-1540s, printed c. 1755
Engraving from ten plates on laid paper
2023.46
Tête de Flore (Head of Flora)
Louis-Marin Bonnet
1769
Pastel-manner engraving printed from eight plates in blue-green, dark-blue, pink-terracotta, brown, carmine, umber, black, and white with additional color printed à la poupée on laid paper, state I/II
2022.246
Diminutive Nudes, A Collection, Vol. 1
Kevin Katz
1999, printed 2000
Intaglio ink prints from contact prints on ultra-violet sensitive plates
2003.911.A,.B
Ettore Colla
1961
Iron plates and chain
66.19
Groot Schilderboek Waar in de Schilderkonst in al Haar Deelen Grondig werd onderweezen
Gérard de Lairesse
1712
Modern antique calf binding. Two volumes in one with 56 full page engravings and 4 fold-out plates.
BF.2002.8
Portraits of Johnson and Elizabeth Brownlee
Littlefield, Parsons & Co.
c. 1853 (Johnson), c. 1854 (Elizabeth)
Daguerreotypes, four 1/6 plates
2005.154.A-.D