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John Sell Cotman

British, 1782 - 1842

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Wooded Landscape

John Sell Cotman

probably 1841

black chalk heightened with white on brown wove paper Accession ID 1995.52.30

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Liber Studiorum

John Sell Cotman

published 1838

1 vol: ill: 48 etching and soft-ground etchings Accession ID 1952.8.216
The Devil's Tower

John Sell Cotman

1833/1834

black chalk heightened with white on blue wove paper Accession ID 1995.52.31

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Architectural Antiquities of Norfolk

John Sell Cotman

published 1818

1 vol: ill: 60 etchings Accession ID 1952.8.217
An Old House in the Rue Saint Jean at Caen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman

1817

graphite and wash on wove paper Accession ID 2022.40.35

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Specimens of Norman and Gothic Architecture in the County of Norfolk

John Sell Cotman

1816/1818

1 vol: ill: 50 etchings Accession ID 1952.8.218
Etchings

John Sell Cotman

1811

bound volume with etched title page, dedication, and 24 plates plus descriptive index and list of subscribers Accession ID 1985.8.1
Tan y Bwlch, North Wales

John Sell Cotman

c. 1810/1815

softground etching touched with graphite on light brown wove paper Accession ID 1995.7.1

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Bridge at Knaresborough

James Bulwer, John Sell Cotman

c. 1802/1804

watercolor over graphite on wove paper Accession ID 1951.16.183

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Landscape with Church

John Sell Cotman

first half 19th century

graphite on wove paper Accession ID 1951.16.192

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A Cottage at Dorking in Surrey

John Sell Cotman

c. 1800/1801

gray wash and graphite on wove paper Accession ID 1994.13.1

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Sketch of Ruined Church Interior with Chair

John Sell Cotman

graphite heightened with white on gray paper Accession ID 1951.16.186

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