The Cornfield
David Lucas (1802 - 1881)
John Constable (1776 - 1837)
Mezzotint
1 July 1834
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
Born at East Bergholt in Suffolk, John Constable was the son of a miller. He claimed that the Suffolk countryside which surrounded him as a child ‘made him a painter’. In 1806, he visited the Lake District and in 1827 settled in Hampstead. Constable’s paintings ‘The Hay Wain’ and ‘View on the Stour’ were awarded the Gold Medal at the Paris Salon in 1824. The great success of these and other works exhibited in France had a significant effect on the development of the Barbizon School of landscape painters and works of the Romantic Movement. After Constable’s sudden death in 1837, a large collection of his work was bequeathed to the Victoria and Albert Museum by his daughter.
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Details
- Title
- The Cornfield
- Date
- 1 July 1834
- Medium
- Mezzotint
- Dimensions
- height: 57.0cm, width: 48.5cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Sotheby's, 28 June 1979
- Provenance
- Sold through Sotheby's, London, on 28 June 1979 (Lot 87)
- GAC number
- 14651