A Heath
David Lucas
1831
Medium
Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.1 × 19.1 cm (5 9/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Plate: 17.2 × 22.1 cm (6 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 29.6 × 44 cm (11 11/16 × 17 3/8 in.)
Classification
mezzotint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
2132
About the Artist
David Lucas · 1802–1881
**David Lucas (1802–1881)** David Lucas was born in 1802 in Geddington Chase, Northamptonshire, the son of a farmer.) A chance encounter in 1820 led him to become a pupil of the renowned engraver Samuel William Reynolds, under whom he apprenticed in London until 1827, mastering the art of mezzotint engraving.) By 1827, Lucas had published his first mezzotints, showcasing his precocious talent for...