Friday 22 February 2013

John Sell Cotman - part 5

John Sell Cotman Self-Portrait 
pen and ink 15.3 x 11 cm

John Sell Cotman (1782 – 1842) was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator and author, and a leading member of the Norwich School of artists.

For biographical notes on Cotman see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 4 also. 

This is part 5 of a 6-part post on the works of John Sell Cotman:


Drawing of the Ruined Pier of the 1818 Crossing of Thetford Abbey 
graphite and wash

( Attributed to ) Dutch Barges off the Coast 
oil on canvas 34.5 x 49.5 cm

Ecclesiastics in a Vestry 
( Interior of Church in Normandy, France ) 
oil on millboard 26.1 x 21.6 cm

Fishing Vessel off Yarmouth 
black, red and white chalk on paper 15.6 x 22.9 cm

Fort St. Marcouf, nr. Quineville 
watercolour 23 x 34 cm

Gable End of Old Houses, St Albans  
oil on millboard 42.8 x 32.9 cm

Hever Castle, Kent 
graphite and wash 19.4 x 27.9 cm

Horse Loaded with Artist’s Paraphernalia 
graphite on paper 31.1 x 40.3 cm

Interior of a Small Room in Norwich Cathedral 
graphite, watercolour and body-colour 45.1 x 34 cm 
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

Lake Scene 
watercolour 22.6 x 33.5 cm

Kirby Bedon Tower, Norfolk 
graphite, chalk and wash 30 x 23.5 cm

Landscape Composition, Classical Subject 
graphite, chalk and watercolour 35.3 x 45.8 cm

Landscape Composition, Classical Subject 
graphite, chalk and watercolour 34.7 x 45.9 cm

Landscape in Normandy 
oil on canvas 32.9 x 48.1 cm

Landscape, Boat on a River 
oil on board 31.7 x 46.9 cm

( Attributed to ) Lincolnshire Draining Mill 
oil on canvas 35.5 x 54.3 cm

Melton Church, Norfolk 
graphite on paper 15.5 x 23.8 cm

Middleton Tower, near King's Lynn 
watercolour 21.6 x 17.7 cm 
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

Norman Doorway, Tottenhill Church, Norfolk 
graphite and watercolour 28.9 x 22.2 cm

Mortain, Normandy 
graphite and wash 29.2 x 43.5 cm

( Attributed to ) Mountain Landscape 
oil on canvas 30 x 43.5 cm

Old Tower at Carrow with Ships 
graphite and wash 15.3 x 24.7 cm

On the Walls, Yarmouth 
watercolour 24 x 20.5 cm

On the Yare 
soft-ground etching

Palace at Perawa, Malwa, Bengal 
watercolour 25.9 x 41.9 cm

River and Windmill 
graphite on paper 10.8 x 17.8 cm

River Scene 
watercolour 19.1 x 24.4 cm

Pontaber, Glasllyn, North Wales 
graphite and watercolour

( Attributed to ) Ruined Castle, Trees and Bridge 
watercolour 13.1 x 16.9 cm

Schaffhausen 
watercolour 49.7 x 34.2 cm

( Attributed to ) Seascape 
oil on panel 33 x 48.2 cm

Ruined Hilltop Abbey with Seated Artists Sketching 
graphite, watercolour and body-colour 27.6 x 23 cm 
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

St Benet's Abbey, Norfolk 
oil on panel 43.5 x 63.5 cm

Stangate Creek on the Medway 
oil on canvas 43.1 x 58.4 cm

Study of Trees 
graphite and wash 23.5 x 33.3 cm

( Attributed to ) Sundial 
graphite on paper 20..4 x 20.4 2

( Attributed to ) Sundial 
graphite on paper 20.4 x 20.4 cm

The Church of St. John, Peronne ( The Somme ) 
graphite on paper 20 x 26.2 cm

 This is the Church of St. John, Peronne after the First World War:




The Mill ( after Rembrandt - see below ) 
oil on canvas 80.3 x 111.2


The Mill by Rembrandt
oil on canvas 87.6 x 105.6 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

The Entrance of Cromer Church 
graphite and wash 26.2 x 21.7 cm

The Draining Mill 
watercolour 49.8 x 38.1 cm

( Attributed to ) The Mills 
oil on panel 23.9 x 29.8 cm

The Waterfall 
oil on canvas 57.3 x 43.2 cm

The Norfolk Broads 
graphite on paper 12.4 x 17.5 cm

Waterfall in a Desolate Landscape 
watercolour 21.9 x 34.6 cm

West Front of Byland Abbey, Yorkshire 
graphite and wash 31.4 x 26.4 cm

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graphite and wash