<< YCBA Home Yale Center for British Art Yale Center for British Art << YCBA Home

YCBA Collections Search

 
IIIF Actions
Creator:
Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881
after John Constable, 1776–1837
Title:

Frontispiece, Artist's Home at East Bergholt, Suffolk

Additional Title(s):

Frontispiece, Paternal House and Grounds of the Artist, Evening

Part Of:

Collective Title: English Landscape: Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A.

Date:
1831
Medium:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches (29.8 x 44.5 cm), Plate: 9 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (23.5 x 24.1 cm), Image: 5 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (14 x 18.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "147 x 105 | L. Constable"; inscribed verso in graphite, lower left: "1A"; in graphite, lower right: "54.3.1"

Lettered upper center: "Frontispiece. | To Mr. Constable's English Landscape."; lower center: "Painted by John Constable R. A. | Engraved by David Lucas. | EAST BERGHOLT, SUFFOLK. | 'Hic locus aetatis nostrae primordia novit | Annos felices laetitiae que dies; | Hic locus ingenuis pueriles imbuit annos | Artibus, et nostrae laudis origo fuit.' | London. Published. by Mr. Constable. 35. Charlotte St. Fitzroy Square. 1831."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. John Archer Gee for History of Art (History of Prints)
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1994.4.1184
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | cattle | frontispieces (illustrations) | house | landscape | trees
Associated Places:
East Bergholt | England | Europe | Suffolk | United Kingdom
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38414
Export:
XML
IIIF Manifest:
JSON

The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

The Romantic Landscape Prints - The Chiaroscuro of Nature (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-09-25 - 2002-12-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Damian Taylor, Constable as a voyage of discovery, Art Bulletin, vol. 106, March 2024, p. 98, fig. 1, N11 .C4 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]


If you have information about this object that may be of assistance please contact us.