The image displays a landscape from a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon line is in the distance where the land meets the sky. Along the horizon, there are a few trees and a small cluster of buildings. The artistic technique employed consists of fine, detailed brushstrokes, characteristic of etching. The color palette is a monochrome range of blacks, whites, and grays. Closest to us, there is a horse-drawn cart with a person steering it, and a dog nearby, on a winding path leading into rolling hills. The path meanders towards the distance where clusters of trees and cultivated land…
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A Heath

David Lucas (British, 1802 - 1881)

artist after John Constable (British, 1776 - 1837)

1830/1831

Medium
mezzotint in black on wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
plate: 17.6 x 22 cm (6 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.) ; sheet: 27.6 x 42.7 cm (10 7/8 x 16 13/16 in.)
Culture
British
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of Ruth B. Benedict
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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