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Summer Afternoon, After a Shower: P.1487-R

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Summer Afternoon, After a Shower

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Constable, John (After)

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Categories

Notes

History note: Sale of H.S. Theobald collection, Christie's, April 1910, lot 1090; Alfred Lucas

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1910) by Charrington, John

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1831

Note

Progress proof. Published in English Landscape, part IV, November 1831.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 178 mm Width 220 mm
Sheet Height 256 mm Width 354 mm

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: inscribed by Constable

  • Text: Summer Afternoon - after a Shower / "then gayly broke the sunsh/ [ine from the] Clou[d] / Thursday
  • Location: Upper centre and right
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: inscribed by Constable

  • Text: "If chance the radiant sun with farewell sweet / Extend his evening beam, the fields revive / The birds their notes renew, and bleating heards / Attest their joy that Wood and Valley rings" / Milton, Par. Lost"
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Graphite

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1487-R
Primary reference Number: 4510
Shirley: 28 h
Wedmore (Lucas): 19
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Summer Afternoon, After a Shower" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/4510 Accessed: 2024-11-02 21:32:01

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