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David Lucas (engraver)
John Constable (after)
The lock (1832)
mezzotint, roulette and drypoint
56.9 × 49.2 cm (image) 67.7 × 52.0 cm (plate, trimmed within platemark on lower edge) 71.3 × 59.7 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented, 1953
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The lock
(1832)
Medium
mezzotint, roulette and drypoint
Measurements
56.9 × 49.2 cm (image) 67.7 × 52.0 cm (plate, trimmed within platemark on lower edge) 71.3 × 59.7 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented, 1953
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Shirley 35 ii/iv ; Wedmore 47 (undescribed state)
Edition
2nd of 4 states
Printing/Publishing
published by F. G. Moon, London, 1834
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: PAINTED BY JOHN CONSTABLE, ESQR (. under R) R.A.
Printed in ink l.r.: ENGRAVED BY DAVID LUCAS.
Accession Number
3026-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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