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 Here we conclude an appendix of three unpublished plates.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 John Sell CotmanA … Continue reading Unpublished plate #3 A Cromer Boat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 Here we continue an appendix of unpublished plates.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 John Sell CotmanAn Old Wooden Cottage; A Pond in the Foreground, 1810Private collection … Continue reading Unpublished plate #2: An Old Wooden Cottage; A Pond in the Foreground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 Here we begin an appendix of unpublished plates.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Tower, 1810Private collectionPhotograph: Professor David Hill This is an upright composition of … Continue reading Unpublished plate #1: Church with wooden tower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
This is the seventh in a series of articles that explores a group of works that reflect John Sell Cotman’s ambitions for his artistic life in Norwich. In part 6 we considered a drawing that appeared on the market in March 2021. He we continue that theme by examining the full troop of musketeers, arquebusiers … Continue reading John Sell Cotman: A Harbour for the Soul #7 More Musketeers
This is the sixth in a series of articles that explores a group of works that reflect John Sell Cotman’s ambitions for his artistic life in Norwich. Here we consider a drawing that appeared on the market in March 2021. It dates from the early days of Cotman's second attempt to establish a successful studio … Continue reading John Sell Cotman: A Harbour for the Soul #6 Musketeer after Jacob De Gheyn
This is the fifth article in a series that began three years ago with a rediscovered watercolour of ‘The Student’ by John Sell Cotman. That led to the consideration of several works that embodied ambitions that Cotman had for his artistic life in Norwich, and his eventual disappointment. Here we consider a drawing that appeared … Continue reading John Sell Cotman: A Harbour for the Soul #5 Van Dyck Study
This article describes the first work of twenty-five bought in a lot of Sundry Drawings and Watercolours, offered at Anderson & Garland Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, 21 March 2-17, lot 46 as Various Artists (British 19th Century) Sundry drawings and watercolours, mainly topographical and floral studies, including a grisaille "South Gate Lynn, Norfolk", bearing the … Continue reading A Twopeny Portfolio: #1 Cotman, King’s Lynn
This is the second work of twenty-five bought in a lot of Sundry Drawings and Watercolours, offered at Anderson & Garland Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, 21 March 2-17, lot 46 as Various Artists (British 19th Century) Sundry drawings and watercolours, mainly topographical and floral studies, including a grisaille "South Gate Lynn, Norfolk", bearing the signature … Continue reading A Twopeny Portfolio: #2 after Cotman, Walsoken Chancel
This is the third work of twenty-five bought in a lot of Sundry Drawings and Watercolours, offered at Anderson & Garland Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, 21 March 2-17, lot 46 as Various Artists (British 19th Century) Sundry drawings and watercolours, mainly topographical and floral studies, including a grisaille "South Gate Lynn, Norfolk", bearing the signature … Continue reading A Twopeny Portfolio: #3 David Twopeny and Northborough Manor
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