David Lucas, After John Constable, The Cornfield blue Signs of historic worm in

Signs of historic worm in the stretcher

This fine mid-19th-century portrait depicts a dapper gentleman wearing a black coat

Vinzenzo Canino (1892-1978)

212 achieved for ‘Niederrheinische Landschaft gegen Abend’ at an auction in 2011

the Malmö konstmuseum

David Lucas, After John Constable, The Cornfield blue Signs of historic worm inThis charming engraving by David Lucas (1802 1881) is after a well loved rural scene by John Constable (1776 1837) titled The Cornfield. Its finely rendered and was initially commissioned by Constable for a book, Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, first published in 1830. It depicts a young lad, dry from Summer heat, conspicuously stretching to drink from a pool. As a boy, Constable wandered through this lane towards his