Materials & Techniques: brown wash / Creator: Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842

1. An Ancient Alms Box, Walsingham Church, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1805 to 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (24.1 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Crypt of Saint Gervaise, Rouen, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches (20 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 inches (29.8 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Capitals and A & B Bas-Reliefs in the Abbey Church of Saint Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches (29.8 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Caverns Excavated in the Rock within the Castle of Château Gaillard, near Andelys, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 15 inches (20.6 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Tower of the Village Church of Saint Maclou, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 7 1/8 inches (30.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. St. Peter at Lisieux, Normandy: West Front

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (42.5 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Castle at Alencon

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 inches (24.1 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. West Front of the Church of Oyestraham [Ouistreham], near Caen, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 x 10 3/8 inches (33.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Sculpture on a Suite of Capitals in the Cloisters of the Abbey Church of Saint Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 inches (22.5 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. East End of Saint Jacques at Dieppe, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 7/8 inches (29.5 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Sculpture upon a House on the North Side of the Cathedral at Bayeux

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches (30.2 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. South-East View of the Church of Ifs, Near Caen, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 x 11 3/8 inches (46.4 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Military School and Abbey Church of St Stephen at Caen

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches (26 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Portrait of a Scholar

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 5 1/2 inches (17.8 x 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Raynham Hall, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (15.9 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Ruin behind the Free School, Thetford, Suffolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 11 inches (18.1 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 3/8 inches (24.8 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Upwell Rectory, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 9 inches (27.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. East End of the Abbey Church of Saint Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (34.9 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. An Old Building

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches (19.1 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. West Doorway and Window in the Church of Ham near Valognes, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (31.8 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Barons' Hall, Mont Saint Michel

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 16 1/4 inches (23.8 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Douvres Church, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches (36.8 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Notre Dame sur l'Eau, Domfront, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches (26 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Abbey Church at Fecamp, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 x 11 3/8 inches (39.7 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Mortain, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 17 1/8 inches (29.2 x 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Holt Heath, near Norwich

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 11 3/8 inches (16.8 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. Round Tower, Castle of Lillebonne, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches (27.3 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Aylmerton Church; Norfolk, from the South-West

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches (18.7 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Knapton Church, Norfolk, from the North-East

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 10 1/2 inches (17.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. View of the Donjon of Château Gaillard, near Andelys, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (19.4 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Entrance into the Cornmarket, Formerly the Chapel of St. Louis, at Bayeux

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (24.1 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Church of Yainville, near Saint Georges de Bocherville, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 10 1/2 inches (20.3 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (19.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. East End of the Abbey Church of St. Paul at Rouen, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 10 3/8 inches (17.8 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Part of the Old Fortifications at Saint Lo, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 5/8 inches (30.8 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Interior of the Chapel of Saint Julien, near Rouen, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (24.1 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Arches in the West Side of the Cloister of Saint. Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, and brown ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 13 1/4 inches (23.8 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Domfront, Looking to the South East

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 16 1/2 inches (28.3 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Study of Trees

Creator:: pupil of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches (23.5 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Coast Scene with a Castle

Creator:: imitator of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 11 5/8 inches (22.9 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. An Ancient Alms Box, Walsingham Church, Norfolk

2. Crypt of Saint Gervaise, Rouen, Normandy

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

4. Capitals and A & B Bas-Reliefs in the Abbey Church of Saint Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

5. Caverns Excavated in the Rock within the Castle of Château Gaillard, near Andelys, Normandy

6. Tower of the Village Church of Saint Maclou, Normandy

7. St. Peter at Lisieux, Normandy: West Front

8. Castle at Alencon

9. West Front of the Church of Oyestraham [Ouistreham], near Caen, Normandy

10. Sculpture on a Suite of Capitals in the Cloisters of the Abbey Church of Saint Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

11. East End of Saint Jacques at Dieppe, Normandy

12. Sculpture upon a House on the North Side of the Cathedral at Bayeux

13. South-East View of the Church of Ifs, Near Caen, Normandy

14. Military School and Abbey Church of St Stephen at Caen

15. Portrait of a Scholar

16. Raynham Hall, Norfolk

17. Ruin behind the Free School, Thetford, Suffolk

18. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

19. Upwell Rectory, Norfolk

20. East End of the Abbey Church of Saint Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

21. An Old Building

22. West Doorway and Window in the Church of Ham near Valognes, Normandy

23. The Barons' Hall, Mont Saint Michel

24. Douvres Church, Normandy

25. Notre Dame sur l'Eau, Domfront, Normandy

26. Abbey Church at Fecamp, Normandy

27. Mortain, Normandy

28. Holt Heath, near Norwich

29. Round Tower, Castle of Lillebonne, Normandy

30. Aylmerton Church; Norfolk, from the South-West

31. Knapton Church, Norfolk, from the North-East

32. View of the Donjon of Château Gaillard, near Andelys, Normandy

33. Entrance into the Cornmarket, Formerly the Chapel of St. Louis, at Bayeux

34. Church of Yainville, near Saint Georges de Bocherville, Normandy

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

36. East End of the Abbey Church of St. Paul at Rouen, Normandy

37. Part of the Old Fortifications at Saint Lo, Normandy

38. Interior of the Chapel of Saint Julien, near Rouen, Normandy

39. Arches in the West Side of the Cloister of Saint. Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

40. Domfront, Looking to the South East

41. Study of Trees

42. Coast Scene with a Castle