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English Landscape Scenery
English
1830–33?
Medium/Technique
Mezzotints, mounted to card and bound in brown morocco with gilt lettering and tooling
Dimensions
Overall: 42 × 58.7 × 4.5 cm (16 9/16 × 23 1/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Container: 48 × 63 × 7.4 cm (18 7/8 × 24 13/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
Container: 48 × 63 × 7.4 cm (18 7/8 × 24 13/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.772
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPortfolios
DescriptionBound volume with 42 proofs of mezzotints after John Constable.
Contents include the following proofs: S.31G, 21E, 30F?, 52D?, 4H, 27H, 7H, 14E, 16D. 18G, 26G, 26B, 6H, 12F-G, 23M, 5E, 17I, 26F, 20G, 8G, 10H, 9I, 19H, 13E, 28F, 29G, 34H, 3F, 42F, 43H, 48D, 25L, 44K, 41F, 33H, 45J, 47G, 46H, 22G, 24I, 50S, 49P.
Contents include the following proofs: S.31G, 21E, 30F?, 52D?, 4H, 27H, 7H, 14E, 16D. 18G, 26G, 26B, 6H, 12F-G, 23M, 5E, 17I, 26F, 20G, 8G, 10H, 9I, 19H, 13E, 28F, 29G, 34H, 3F, 42F, 43H, 48D, 25L, 44K, 41F, 33H, 45J, 47G, 46H, 22G, 24I, 50S, 49P.
ProvenanceBy 1896, Louis Huth (b. 1821 - d. 1905), London [see note]. William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; 1955, bequest of W. G. Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 1963)
NOTE: The volume includes a tipped-in letter from Louis Huth to an unnamed recipient, dated 30 November 1896, stating his ownership of the volume, his willingness to dispose of it, and his belief that the proofs had belonged to the artist, David Lucas.
NOTE: The volume includes a tipped-in letter from Louis Huth to an unnamed recipient, dated 30 November 1896, stating his ownership of the volume, his willingness to dispose of it, and his belief that the proofs had belonged to the artist, David Lucas.