Category: Essex

Unpublished plate #1: Church with wooden tower

This is the thirtieth article in a catalogue of John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here we begin an appendix of unpublished plates. The present example may be the first of all Cotman’s etchings John Sell CotmanChurch with Wooden Tower, 1810Private collectionPhotograph: Professor David Hill This is an upright composition of … Continue reading Unpublished plate #1: Church with wooden tower →

Plate 24: West front of St. Botolph’s Priory, Colchester, Essex

This is the twenty-ninth article in a catalogue of John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here we arrive at plate 24, the last of the published series. Cotman considered it one of his best plates, and presented it as his finale. John Sell CotmanWest front of St Botolph’s Priory, Colchester, Essex, … Continue reading Plate 24: West front of St. Botolph’s Priory, Colchester, Essex →