David Lucas, After John Constable, The Cornfield

David Lucas, After John Constable, The CornfieldThis charming engraving by David Lucas (1802 1881) is after a well loved rural scene by John Constable (1776 1837) titled The Cornfield. Its finely rendered and was initially commissioned by Constable for a book, Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, first published in 1830. It depicts a young lad, dry from Summer heat, conspicuously stretching to drink from a pool. As a boy, Constable wandered through this lane towards his

This exquisite late 19th-century etching by Leon Lambert after Tony Robert-Fleury (1837-1911) depicts a Parisian lady reading a ‘Billet Doux’

he also produced numerous etchings - often depicting the women closest to him

It’s a subject that’s been painted many times since the advent of Christianity with the most famous occurrence being a Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti

An attractive light-filled street scene depicting several old buildings in Alsace

it was fashionable for gentlemen to sport long side whiskers with drooping moustaches

and he carries an air of an upstanding young man

PS - You’ll find an example of a flügelhaben at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Condition: Artwork in good condition

Thomas Creswick RA (1811-1869)

Overall size: 35½” x 25½” / 90cm x 65cm

while his dapper fashion sense is borderline theatrical

An attractive early 20th-century English rural scene with a family and cottage