Autumnal Sun Set; from English Landscape Scenery, Portfolio No. 1
David Lucas, English, 1802 - 1881
after John Constable, English, 1776 - 1837
1831, published 1833
Mezzotint engraving on chine collé
Plate: 6 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (17.6 × 25.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 17 5/16 in. (30 × 43.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Adolph Weil Jr., Class of 1935
PR.992.12.3
Publisher
John Constable, London
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower right, beneath image: Engraved by David Lucas.; lower left, beneath image: Painted by John Constable R.A.; bottom center margin: AUTUMNAL SUN SET. / London Pubd. by Mr. Constable 35, Charlotte St. Fitzroy Square 1831.
Publication History
Timothy Rub, Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, Kelly Pask, "A Gift to the College: The Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Weil Jr. Collection of Master Prints", Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1998, listed, p.104-105, no. 202.
Provenance
Sir George Howland Willoughby Beaumont, 8th Baronet; by descent to Sir Francis Beaumont, Baronet; Sotheby's, London, lot 176, July 15, 1982; sold to Adolph Weil Jr.; given to present collection, 1992.
Catalogue Raisonne
A. Shirley, no. 14 [O.H. Barnard, Lucas-Constable; English Landscape Revised List of States, Print Quarterly I, no. 2, June 1984, pp. 120-123.]
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