Wednesday, 20 February 2013

John Sell Cotman - part 4



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 - 3 also. 

This is part 4 of a 6-part post on the works of John Sell Cotman:


1817 La Fontaine de la Crosse, Rouen 
graphite, pen and ink on paper 34.8 x 25.9 cm 
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

1822 Chateau Gaillard 
etching

1822 Church of Lery, near Pont-de-l'Arche 
etching 27 x 34.2 cm

1822 Church of the Holy Cross at St. Lo 
etching 30.5 x 24.1 cm

c1822 View of the Donjon of Chateau Gaillard, near Andelys, Normandy 
graphite and wash 19.4 x 25.1 cm

1822 Round Tower, Castle of Lillebonne, Normandy 
graphite and wash 27.3 x 21.9 cm

1823 Dieppe Harbour 
watercolour 29.6 x 54.2 cm

1823 Domfront, from the Rock of Tertre Grisière 
graphite, watercolour and body-colour 29.5 x 41.3 cm 
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

1823 Alencon, Normandy 
watercolour 43.2 x 58.4 cm

c1823-24 Dutch Boats off Yarmouth, Prizes during the War 
oil on panel 43.5 x 63.5 cm

1823-25c View from Yarmouth Bridge, Norfolk, Looking towards Breydon, Just after Sunset 
oil on millboard 44.5 x 63.4 cm

c1824-28 The Mishap 
oil on panel 43 x 35.4 cm

c1824-28 Silver Birches 
oil on canvas 76.2 x 62.7 cm

c1824-28 The Silent Stream, Normandy, France 
oil on canvas 40.2 x 33.5 cm

c1824-28 The Baggage Wagon 
oil on panel 43 x 35.2 cm

c1824 An Old Building 
graphite and wash 19.1 x 27.6 cm

c1825 Errand Boy Asleep in a Church 
graphite and watercolour 26.4 x 31.4 cm

c1826 The Drop Gate 
oil on canvas 34.9 x 26 cm

c1827 Coast Scene with a Castle 
graphite, ink and wash 22.9 x 29.5 cm

1827-37 A Summer Day 
graphite and watercolour 31.8 x 46.7 cm

c1828-33 Cader Idris  
oil on panel 24.4 x 31.6 cm

1828 Mont St. Michel
watercolour

c1828 Travellers Crossing a Bridge over an Alpine Gorge 
graphite and gouache on paper 16.5 x 24.1 cm


c1830 Bridge in a Continental Town 
graphite, watercolour and gouache 39.1 x 56.5 cm

c1830 Blasting St. Vincent's Rock, Clifton 
graphite, watercolour and gum arabic 34.3 x 57.8 cm

1830s Alder Carr, Norwich  
oil on panel 33.5 x 52.2 cm

1830s Byland Abbey, Yorkshire 
graphite on paper 32.6 x 22 cm 
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London


1831 The Shepherd on the Hill

1831 Interior of Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate 
watercolour

1832 Study of Sea and Gulls

c1834 View Through the Arch of a Bridge 
graphite on paper 
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

c1837-39 Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Boys Fishing 
oil on panel 35.1 x 43.3 cm

1838-42 The Meadow 
oil on canvas 32.7 x 47 cm

c1839-42 Alder Carr, Norwich 
oil on panel 35.1 x 45.7 cm

1878 A Group of Trees by a Fence 
graphite and watercolour 25.1 x 19.7 cm

1884 Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk 
graphite on paper 35.9 x 27.9 cm

Note: From beyond this point I'm afraid I do not have the dates of Cotman's works:


( Attributed to ) A Galiot in a Gale 
oil on canvas 109.2 x 138.4 cm

A Castle Tower ( Caenarvon Castle ) 
watercolour 27.9 x 19.7 cm

A Starved Greyhound 
graphite 20.3 x 27 cm

A Man Fishing in a Stream by a Ruined Castle 
oil on panel 13.5 x 17.5 cm

Barmouth Estuary with Cader Idris, North Wales 
graphite, watercolour and ink 15.9 x 30.5 cm

An Ancient Castle. A Sketching Society Subject 
watercolour 22.9 x 34.5 cm

Byland Abbey, Yorkshire 
graphite and wash 36.2 x 26.4 cm

Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk 
graphite on paper 30.5 x 22.9 cm

( Attributed to ) Cows at a Pool, with Wooden Bridge 
graphite and watercolour 32.8 x 50.3 cm

Doorway and Window of a Church 
graphite and watercolour 32.7 x 23.8 cm

Castle in a Landscape 
graphite and wash 17.5 x 28.3 cm

Doorway, Heckingham Church 
graphite and wash 45.7 x 38.1 cm

Monday, 18 February 2013

John Sell Cotman - part 3

John Sell Cotman by Miles Edmund Cotman

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, and for earlier works, see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 and 2 also.

This is part 3 of a 6-part post on the works of John Sell Cotman:


1818 Elevation of the Church of Columbiers, near Valognes, Normandy 
graphite and wash 22.5 x 32.4 cm

1818 Gillingham Church, Norfolk 
watercolour 23.8 x 29.4

1818 Gateway of St Mary, Wiggenhall 
etching 34 x 48 cm

1818 Interior of the Chancel of Walsoken Church, Norfolk 
etching 34 x 48 cm

1818 Holt Heath, near Norwich 
graphite and wash 16.8 x 28.9 cm

1818 Narborough Hall, Norfolk 
graphite and wash 19 x 30.1 cm

1818 Perspective Elevation of Part of the Abbey Church of Saint Stephen at Caen, Normandy 
graphite and wash 38.1 x 25.1 cm

1818 North-West View of the Castle at Falaise 
graphite and wash on paper 19.4 x 38.7 cm

1818 Ruin behind the Free School, Thetford, Suffolk 
graphite and wash 18.1 x 27.9 cm

1818 Saxon Arches in the Tower of Castle Rising Church, Norfolk  
etching 34 x 48 cm

1818 South Gate, Yarmouth 
etching 34 x 48 cm

1818 Stone Vault in Laangley Abbey 
etching 34 x 48 cm

1818 St. Peter at Lisieux, Normandy, West Front 
graphite and wash 50.5 x 36.2 cm

1818 The Late Vicarage House, Methwould 
etching 30.2 x 22.7 cm

1818 The Tower of West Dereham Church 
etching 30.4 x 22.6 cm

1818 Tower of the Village Church of Saint Maclou, Normandy 
graphite and wash 41.9 x 25.4 cm

1818 The North West Tower, Yarmouth 
etching 48 x 34 cm

1818 West Doorway and Window in the Church of Ham near Valognes, Normandy 
graphite and wash 36.8 x 26.7 cm

1818 West Front of Castle Acre Priory 
etching 34 x 48 cm

1818 West End of Parish Church of Great Yarmouth 
etching 34 x 48 cm

1818 West Window of Snettisham Church, Norfolk 
graphite and wash 20.6 x 15.6 cm

1818 West View of the Castle at Falaise 
graphite and wash on paper 22.2 x 35.6 cm

1818 Yarmouth Priory 
etching 34 x 48 cm

1818-19 Sculpture upon a House on the North Side of the Cathedral at Bayeux 
graphite and wash 20.6 x 14 cm

c1818 Abbey Church at Fecamp, Normandy 
graphite and wash 39.7 x 28.9 cm

1818-19 Château Gaillard 
graphite and wash on paper 26 x 41.9

1818 Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk 
graphite and wash 24.8 x 18.7 cm

c1818 Gate-way, Saint Mary's Wiggenhall, Norfolk 
graphite and watercolour 18.7 x 25.4 cm

1818 Arches in the West Side of the Cloister of Saint. Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy 
graphite and wash 23.8 x 33.7 cm

c1818 North Doorway of Hales Church, Norfolk 
graphite on paper 30.5 x 24.4 cm

c1818 Interior of the Chapel of Saint Julien, near Rouen, Normandy 
graphite and wash 29.2 x 38.1 cm

c1818 Raynham Hall, Norfolk 
graphite and wash 15.9 x 28.6 cm

1819 East End of Saint Jacques at Dieppe, Normandy 
graphite ans wash 29.2 x 22.5 cm

1819 Crypt in the Church of St Gervais, Rouen 
graphite and wash on paper 18.4 x 27.6 cm

1820 The Barons' Hall, Mont Saint Michel 
graphite and wash 23.5 x 41.3 cm

1820 Domfront, Looking to the South East 
graphite and wash 28.3 x 41.9 cm

1820 Douvres Church, Normandy 
graphite and wash 36.8 x 23.8 cm

c1820 Notre Dame sur l'Eau, Domfront, Normandy 
graphite and wash 26 x 41.3 cm

c1820 Sea View ( Fishing Boats ) 
oil on canvas 63.2 x 76 cm

c1820 Castle at Alencon 
graphite and wash 24.1 x 33 cm

1820 West Front of the Church of Oyestraham ( Ouistreham ) near Caen, Normandy 
graphite and wash 41.6 x 32.1 cm

1820s After a Storm  
oil on canvas 63.2 x 75.6 cm

c1820 South-East View of the Church of Ifs, Near Caen, Normandy 
graphite and wash 46.4 x 28.8 cm

c1820 The Ramparts, Domfront 
ink and watercolour 22.2 x 32.1 cm

1822 Castle at Dieppe 
etching

1822 Castle of Falaise, North View 
etching 28.4 x 39 cm

1822 Castle at Tancarville 
etching 25.6 x 36.6 cm

1822 Caverns Excavated in the Rock within the Castle of Chateau Gaillard, near Andelys, Normandy 
graphite and wash 31.1 x 45.4 cm

1822 Castle of St. Sauveur le Vicomte, near Valonges 
etching