DETAIL: John CONSTABLE,  Great Britain 1776 � 1837  'Harwich Lighthouse' c.1820 oil on canvas Tate, London, gift of Maria Louisa Constable, Isabel Constable and Lionel Bicknell Constable in 1888 Tate, London 2005
 
 
David LUCAS | Spring
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LUCAS, David, Artist
Great Britain 1802 – 1881
CONSTABLE, John, Artist
Great Britain 1776 – 1837
Spring
for English Landscape, part 1, June 1830 1829
mezzotint, drypoint, touched in ink
progress proof 'd'
plate 15.4 (h) x 25.5 (w) cm
Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, gift of John Charrington in 1910
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Constable touched this proof with Chinese ink to show Lucas that he wanted additional rooks in the sky and foreground, more stones and re-grounding in the foreground and lower windows on the mill.

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