Explorations in the footsteps of Turner, Cotman, Ruskin and others with Professor David Hill
Introductions are normally best written last. At this stage, however, the outcome of this project remains at best distant, and at worst doubtful. It seems useful to offer at the outset a brief – if necessarily sketchy -overview of the etchings that follow. ‘Etchings by John Sell Cotman’ is the artist’s first essay in the … Continue reading ‘Etchings by John Sell Cotman’: An introduction
Title Page: ‘Etchings by John Sell Cotman’, 1811 Line etching, image size 358 x 250 mm on plate 367 x 259 mm, printed [as published in D.B.Murphy volume; see below] in black ink on heavyweight, soft, wove paper, watermarked '1810', 475 x 340 mm Inscribed in plate as part of image, 'ETCHINGS/ BY/ JOHN.SELL.COTMAN/ … Continue reading Title Page to ‘Etchings by John Sell Cotman’
Dedication Page for ‘Etchings by John Sell Cotman’, 1811 Line etching, image size 299 x 222 [irregular] mm on plate 304 x 225 mm, printed [as published in D.B.Murphy volume; see below] in black ink on heavyweight, soft, wove paper, watermarked '1810', 475 x 340 mm Inscribed in plate as part of image as if … Continue reading Dedication Page to ‘Etchings by John Sell Cotman’
Beeston Priory, Norfolk, 1810 Line etching, image size 190 x 139 [irregular] mm on plate 216 x 145 mm, printed in black ink on [DH impression in Murphy volume, see below] heavyweight, soft, wove paper, watermarked '1810', 475 x 340 mm Inscribed in image bottom left of subject 'Published Novr 24th 1810'; on plate bottom … Continue reading Beeston Priory, Norfolk
The Manor House, York, 1810 Line etching, image size [irregular] 210 x 137 mm on plate 217 x 145 mm, printed in black ink on [DH impression in Murphy volume, see below] heavyweight, soft, wove paper, 475 x 340 mm Inscribed on the plate lower left (partly obscured by being etched over) ; 'Norwich Etched … Continue reading The Manor House, York
Duncombe Park, Yorkshire 1810 Line etching, image size [irregular] 210 x 137 mm on plate 217 x 145 mm, printed [1811 edition] in black ink on heavyweight, soft, wove paper, 475 x 340 mm Inscribed lower right, on plate "J S Cotman Del et Sc/ Novr 19th 1810' (partly obscured by overworking in all but … Continue reading Duncombe Park, Yorkshire
John Sell Cotman, Valle Crucis Abbey, North Wales, 1810. Private collection. Photograph: Professor David Hill Valle Crucis Abbey, North Wales, 1810 Line etching, image size [irregular] 196 x 137 mm on plate 217 x 145 mm, printed [1811 edition] in black ink on heavyweight, handmade, soft, wove paper, 475 x 340 mm. Re-editioned by H.G.Bohn, … Continue reading Valle Crucis Abbey, North Wales
