Category: Wales

Plate 16: The Old College House, Conway, Wales [Conwy]

This is the nineteenth article in a series cataloguing John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here in plate 16 Cotman returns to his first sketching tour to Wales, but of all the grand subjects that he laid in stores, he chose to give us a dilapidated cottage. John Sell CotmanThe Old … Continue reading Plate 16: The Old College House, Conway, Wales [Conwy] →

Plate 4, Valle Crucis Abbey, North Wales

This is the seventh part of a series cataloguing John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings, published in 1811. Here we turn to plate 4 and remember an obscure detail from an early-career tour to Wales. John Sell Cotman, Valle Crucis Abbey, North Wales, 1810. Private collection. Photograph: Professor David Hill This is an impression … Continue reading Plate 4, Valle Crucis Abbey, North Wales →