A Sea Beach
Medium
Mezzotint; third state of five
Dimensions
Image: 5 9/16 × 8 11/16 in. (14.1 × 22.1 cm) Plate: 7 3/8 × 10 in. (18.7 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 11 5/16 × 17 1/8 in. (28.7 × 43.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.1931
Tags
About the Artist
John Constable|David Lucas · 1776–1837
John Constable (1776-1837) was an English landscape painter whose naturalistic depictions of the Suffolk countryside revolutionized landscape painting and established him, alongside J.M.W. Turner, as one of England's greatest artists. His work pioneered the direct observation of nature that would later influence the French Barbizon school and, ultimately, Impressionism. Born in East Bergholt, Suf...