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Pen and brown wash drawing of an old barn with steep roofs framed by trees and bushes under an open sky.

An Ancient Barn at Shoreham

Pencil sketch of Framlingham Castle with crenellated towers, a long curtain wall and ruins on a grassy mound.

Framlingham Castle, Suffolk

John Sell Cotman, 1815

Pencil and wash sketch of a two-wheeled cart, a man in a hat, and several horses on a plain ground.

Two-wheeled Tip-cart with Horses

Pencil sketch of foxglove plants and tall grasses on a bank, with handwritten notes about leaf edges and colour.

Foxgloves

Pale brown wash drawing of a Romanesque church with a square tower and arched windows on a grassy embankment.

South-East View of the Church of Lery, near Pont-de-l'Arche, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1817

Brown wash drawing of two crowded rowing boats with armed crew beside a ship's dark hull.

Two Boats with Crews, Study for The Royal William at Sea

Brown ink and wash drawing of thatched farm buildings, sheep and figures in a field below rolling hills.

The Valley of Vision

Five tapering coffin lids in pencil and wash, each with a different carved cross design, drawn side by side on cream paper.

Five Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

John Sell Cotman, 1822

Grey wash drawing of a large spreading tree with dense foliage over undergrowth and an open path on the right.

Tree

Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet, 1790

Brown wash drawing of an old village street with gabled buildings, a large tree, a rider on horseback, and distant towers.

Study of Old Buildings

Brown wash drawing of Hever Castle, a turreted gabled manor house across a moat, with a small figure and trees.

Hever Castle, Kent

John Sell Cotman

Pencil sketch of a rock-cut cave temple interior with a large standing Buddha statue framed by columns and carved reliefs.

An Excavated Temple on the Island of Salsette: The Great Chaitya Temple (Cave 3), Kanheri

Thomas Daniell, 1795

Graphite drawing of an old cedar tree with spreading branches above faint sketched shrubs and trees.

Old Cedar Tree in Botanic Garden, Chelsea

Samuel Palmer, 1854

Brown wash drawing of rolling heathland with clustered trees, a winding path, and a rider in the foreground.

Holt Heath, near Norwich

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Pencil sketch of a coastal bay with a sailing ship, small figures on the shore, trees on the right, and rocks in the foregrou

Fowl Island, Bay of Bengal, Coast of Arakan

Thomas Daniell, 1786

Pen and wash drawing of rolling hills, hedgerows, village trees and tall bare trees under a pale sky, by Samuel Palmer.

Shoreham, Kent

Samuel Palmer, 1831

Graphite drawing of a red-sailed fishing boat on choppy water with a distant town on the shore under cloudy sky.

Fishing Vessel off Yarmouth

John Sell Cotman

Pencil sketch of palace ruins, a temple gateway tower, stone pillars and trees with hills in the distance.

Palace Ruins, Pillar and Temple Gateway, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Thomas Daniell, 1792

Pen and brown wash sketch of a landscape with large trees, rolling hills, and small standing figures at right.

Landscape Sketch

Watercolor sketch of a seated figure and dog beside a Gothic arched window inside a church interior.

Errand Boy Asleep in a Church

John Sell Cotman, 1825

Pencil sketch of Fort St George in Madras with palm trees, beach figures, fishing boats and sailing ships on the horizon.

South East View of Fort St George, Madras

Thomas Daniell, 1793

Watercolor and pen drawing of a steep valley with rocky cliffs, trees, and distant hills under a pale sky.

The Valley of Dolwyddelan

Watercolor drawing of a carved octagonal stone font on stepped base, with two paintbrushes lying in the foreground.

Font at Happisburgh Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1811

Pencil sketch of a wooded landscape with trees, distant hills, and a wooden bridge with small figures.

Veransulean Pennisula

Thomas Daniell, 1792

Pencil sketch of Rome with St. Peter's dome, a bell tower, distant domes, walking figures and a donkey in the foreground.

Rome from San Spirito

Grey wash architectural elevation of a Gothic church with a central spire, pointed windows and an ornate portal.

Elevation of the Church of Columbiers, near Valognes, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Gray chalk drawing of a wooded valley with cattle, sheep, a herdsman, a stream, and a ruined hilltop building.

Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle, Buildings on a Hill, and Rustic Lovers

Thomas Gainsborough, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of a thatched cottage among trees and shrubs on rolling hills by Samuel Palmer.

The Primitive Cottage, Shoreham

Sepia drawing of a pale cliff topped by a building, with rock pillars at left and bare trees and shrubs in the foreground.

Mortain, Normandy

John Sell Cotman

Pencil drawing of a peasant reading a tombstone beside a ruined church among trees, with a path and distant hills.

Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading an Inscription on a Tombstone beside a Ruined Church, Figures, Donkey, Sheep an…

Thomas Gainsborough, 1742