# David Lucas

British, 1802–1881; born in Geddington Chase, Northamptonshire; died in London

Lucas was a mezzotint engraver best known for his long collaboration with John Constable. Between 1830 and 1832 they issued English Landscape Scenery, a series of mezzotints after Constable’s paintings and sketches, with Constable closely correcting the proofs to capture effects of weather and light. Lucas also engraved several larger single plates after Constable. Despite the quality of the work, it brought neither man commercial success.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

4 works in the collection.

- [Weymouth Bay](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/weymouth-bay-met-682931), David Lucas, 1830. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Stoke-by-Neyland](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/stoke-by-neyland-nga-119641), David Lucas, 1830. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Noon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/noon-nga-119642), David Lucas, 1830. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [A Dell at Helmingham Park, Suffolk](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-dell-at-helmingham-park-suffolk-nga-119643), David Lucas, 1830. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.