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John Constable
Self-portrait by John Constable, detail of a drawing in pencil and watercolour, c. 1804; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
The English Landscape was a suite of mezzotints produced by the British artist John Constable in collaboration with the engraver David Lucas.1
Beginning in 1829, Constable teamed up with Lucas to create these prints, which were based on his own landscape paintings. This project occurred during a period of his life marked by professional alienation and critical attacks, yet it allowed him to continue disseminating his artistic vision of the English countryside—a subject for which he is best known, particularly regarding his native River Stour valley.12