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John Sell Cotman

202 works

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Grey wash drawing of a woodland scene with leaning pale tree trunks and a small standing traveler among rocks.

Traveler in a Woodland Landscape

1806

Pencil sketch of a distant hill topped with buildings above a flat landscape with shrubs and a small figure.

Sketch of Mont Saint Michel (recto); Buildings Beside Water (verso)

c. 1818

Pencil drawing of a ruined stone castle with arched doorways and broken walls against hills and a pale sky.

A Castle in Normandy

c. 1800-1842

Pencil drawing of Aylmerton church in Norfolk with a round crenellated tower, pointed windows, and gravestones in the churchy

Aylmerton Church; Norfolk, from the South-West

1816

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Gothic stone piscina with tracery canopy and basin in a church wall.

A Piscina in Blickling Church, Norfolk

1814

Pencil drawing of a stone church with a crenellated tower, pitched roofs and Gothic windows over grassy ground.

Brampton Church, Norfolk, from the South-East

1816

Pencil sketch of an old wooden alms box with iron bands and a pitched roof on a stone base, drawn on tan paper.

An Ancient Alms Box, Walsingham Church, Norfolk

1805

Grey wash drawing of Ingham church in Norfolk with a tall crenellated tower, Gothic windows and trees in the foreground.

Ingham Church, Norfolk

1815

Brown wash drawing of a ruined castle on a ridge above a wooded valley with a still pool in the foreground.

Castle in a Landscape

Pale watercolor of a ruined stone priory with arched windows, trees and a hillside behind a foreground fence and water.

Castle Acre Priory

1805

Watercolor of a large gnarled tree beside a wooden fence, two figures leaning on the rail, hills and birds in the sky.

A Group of Trees by a Fence

Pencil drawing of a Gothic church monument with a tomb chest, ornate pointed canopy, and flanking pinnacles.

A Monument in Raveningham Church, Norfolk

1816

Pencil sketch of a thin greyhound with head lowered, ribs visible, standing on a faintly drawn landscape.

A Starved Greyhound

Pale wash drawing of a ruined Gothic priory with cattle drinking and resting in the foreground.

Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

1804

Watercolor of a stone arched bridge over a river, with a classical building, dense trees, and blue hills beyond.

Chateau Navarre, near Evreux, Normandy

1830

Pen and wash drawing of ten carved stone column capitals with foliage, animal, and interlace ornament arranged in a grid.

Capitals in the Abbey Church of St. Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

1818

Watercolor of a Gothic church doorway with a wooden door and a tall tracery window above it.

Doorway and Window of a Church

Brown wash drawing of a ruined Gothic abbey with a tall broken tower, arched openings, and a small figure on a path.

Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

Pencil drawing of Bamborough Castle ruins on a rocky headland under cloudy skies.

Bamborough Castle, Northumberland

1808

Pencil drawing of ruined Caister Castle walls with arched windows, a shrub, and a thatched cottage on the right.

Caister Castle, Norfolk

Pen and gray wash drawing of a ruined medieval priory tower with pointed arches under a cloudy sky.

Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

1818

Sepia watercolor of a ruined castle tower on a rocky coast, with boats at the shore and cliffs behind.

Coast Scene with a Castle

1827

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted stone crypt with an arched opening and a carved altar beneath a barred window.

Crypt of Saint Gervaise, Rouen, Normandy

1817

Pencil sketch of ruined castle towers on a rocky hill with two small seated figures in the foreground.

Beeston Castle, Cheshire: Entrance to the Castle

1814

Watercolor caricature of two men with drawn swords on a city street, one in a blue coat and top hat, one in a red military ja

Caricature of Two Men with Drawn Swords (One of a Set of Three)

1799

Watercolor of a pale Gothic church with pointed windows, gravestones, a tree, and a seated figure on the grass.

Blickling Church, Norfolk, from the South-East

Grey wash drawing of the ruined Bolton Priory church with arched windows, a tower, trees and two figures on a path.

Bolton Priory, Yorkshire

1803

Grey wash drawing of a stone bridge over a river with a ruined castle tower and a figure on the bank.

Brecon Bridge, Yorkshire

1803

Pencil drawing of an octagonal church font with Gothic arches, carved relief scenes and standing figures in niches.

A Font in Walsoken Church, Norfolk

1811

Pencil drawing of a ruined Gothic church east end with pointed arches, pinnacles, ivy, and a resting cow.

East End of Howden Church, Yorkshire

1803

Watercolor of moored sailing boats in a shallow estuary with brown hills and distant blue mountains under a pale sky.

Barmouth Estuary with Cader Idris, North Wales

Brown wash drawing of the rounded east end of an abbey church with a tall tower behind it, by John Sell Cotman, 1818.

Abbey Church at Fecamp, Normandy

1818