# A Dell at Helmingham Park, Suffolk, in Louis Haghe's contemporaries

David Lucas made this in 1830, aged 28. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> A rough wooden footbridge crosses a shadowy ravine in the old woodland of Helmingham Park in Suffolk, with light filtering through the canopy and a path leading on into the trees.

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## The work

- Date: 1830
- Medium: mezzotint on laid paper
- Dimensions: plate: 17.8 x 22.2 cm (7 x 8 3/4 in.) sheet: 26 x 31 cm (10 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001.118.21
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[David Lucas](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/david-lucas), British, 1802–1881

Lucas was a mezzotint engraver best known for his long collaboration with John Constable.

4 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by David Lucas](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/david-lucas?hang=749) (4 works)
- [More Georgian Britain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/georgian-britain?hang=749) (63 works)
- [19th-century Britain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-britain?hang=749) (40 works)

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