Explorations in the footsteps of Turner, Cotman, Ruskin and others with Professor David Hill
This is the thirty-second and final article in a catalogue of John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here we conclude an appendix of three unpublished plates. Ships and boats were a special interest and strength of Cotman, but strangely, this was the only marine subject amongst his etchings. John Sell CotmanA … Continue reading Unpublished plate #3 A Cromer Boat
This is the thirty-first article in a catalogue of John Sell Cotman’s first series of etchings published in 1811. Here we continue an appendix of unpublished plates. Along with the previous plate, this is the earliest dated of all Cotman’s line etchings. John Sell CotmanAn Old Wooden Cottage; A Pond in the Foreground, 1810Private collection … Continue reading Unpublished plate #2: An Old Wooden Cottage; A Pond in the Foreground
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 Here we begin an appendix of unpublished plates.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Tower, 1810Private collectionPhotograph: Professor David Hill This is an upright composition of … Continue reading Unpublished plate #1: Church with wooden tower
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
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