Creator: Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842 / Subject Terms: landscape / Topic subjectplace ss: United Kingdom

1. Drainage Mills in the Fens, Croyland, Lincolnshire

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 3/4 x 36 1/8 inches (55.2 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Crickhowell, Breconshire

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 14 inches (23.5 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. St. Benet's Abbey

Creator:: Attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 × 19 inches (38.1 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Richard L. Purdy
On View:: Not on view

4. Cader Idris

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: between 1824 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 7/16 inches (13.9 x 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Harlech Castle

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 7 5/16 inches (13.4 x 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Study of Trees on the Banks of the Yare

Creator:: Print made by Miles Edmund Cotman, 1810–1858
Date:: 1846
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches (13.3 x 16.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Aberystwyth Castle

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1796 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches (28.6 x 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Norfolk Broads

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches (12.4 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Castle Acre Priory

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1805 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 7 5/8 inches (30.5 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Mountainous Landscape, North Wales

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gum over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 12 5/8 inches (21.6 x 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Bolton Priory, Yorkshire

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches (22.2 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Near Whitby, Yorkshire

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches (18.4 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. 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

14. Tan-y-Bwlch, North Wales

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 1/8 inches (12.7 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Bamborough Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 7 5/8 inches (11.1 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. 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

17. In Rokeby Park

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1800 to 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 9 inches (33 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Cader Idris from the Mawddach Estuary above Barmouth

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches (12.1 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. River Landscape, Probably near Thorpe, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on medium slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 10 3/8 inches (12.7 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. 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

21. Yarmouth Sands, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1820 to 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and scraping out on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches (29.8 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Lake at Trentham, Staffordshire

Creator:: attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 13 3/8 inches (21.3 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Fishing Vessel off Yarmouth

Creator:: circle of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red and white chalk on medium moderately textured gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 inches (15.6 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Drainage Mills in the Fens, Croyland, Lincolnshire

2. Crickhowell, Breconshire

3. St. Benet's Abbey

4. Cader Idris

5. Harlech Castle

6. Study of Trees on the Banks of the Yare

7. Aberystwyth Castle

8. The Norfolk Broads

9. Castle Acre Priory

10. Mountainous Landscape, North Wales

11. Bolton Priory, Yorkshire

12. Near Whitby, Yorkshire

13. Raynham Hall, Norfolk

14. Tan-y-Bwlch, North Wales

15. Bamborough Castle, Northumberland

16. Domfront, Looking to the South East

17. In Rokeby Park

18. Cader Idris from the Mawddach Estuary above Barmouth

19. River Landscape, Probably near Thorpe, Norfolk

20. Holt Heath, near Norwich

21. Yarmouth Sands, Norfolk

22. Lake at Trentham, Staffordshire

23. Fishing Vessel off Yarmouth