Detail View: The AMICA Library: Summer Morning

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.39.68.27
AMICA Library Year: 
2000
Object Type: 
Prints
Creator Name: 
Lucas, David
Creator Nationality: 
European; British
Creator Role: 
Maker
Creator Dates/Places: 
British, 1802 - 1881
Creator Name-CRT: 
Made by David Lucas
Creator Name: 
Constable, John
Creator Nationality: 
European; British
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
British, 1776 - 1837
Creator Name-CRT: 
Designed by John Constable
Title: 
Summer Morning
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
ca. 1830
Creation Start Date: 
1820
Creation End Date: 
1840
Materials and Techniques: 
Mezzotint; proof before letters, state b
Dimensions: 
Unmeasured
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
39.68.27
Credit Line: 
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939
Rights: 
Context: 

In 1827, Constable began work on the project that would occupy his attention until his death seven years later: the publication of a series of prints based on his paintings that would stand as a summary of his achievements. The painter collaborated closely with the engraver David Lucas to create prints that would illustrate Constable's didactic intention-to illustrate the 'chiaroscuro of nature.' The medium of mezzotint, in which the design is developed from dark to light using a wide range of velvety tones, was eminently suited to the project. Here, the bright sun of a summer morning illuminates a richly textured landscape, striated in light and shade.

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