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

1. Castle in a Landscape

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches (17.5 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. 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

3. Ingham Church, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (19.1 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 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

5. Study of a Coffin Lid from Houghton Churchyard, Norfolk

Creator:: attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and yellow wash over graphite on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (37.5 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Studies of Two Coffin Lids from Norfolk Churches

Creator:: attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Yellow and gray wash over graphite on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (37.8 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Brecon Bridge

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and black wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 15 7/8 inches (21.6 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. A Font in Walsoken Church, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 5 1/4 inches (17.8 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A Chest in Dersingham Church, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 15 inches (19.1 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Loch Ranza Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 7/8 inches (27 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. 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

12. Church of Graville near Havre de Grace, Normandy: End of the North Transept

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 9 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (24.4 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Font at Caister Church, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches (13.7 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. West Window of Snettisham Church, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches (20.6 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Elevation of the Church of Columbiers, near Valognes, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, yellow wash, and gray wash on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 3/4 inches (22.5 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Study of a Coffin Lid from a (?) Norfolk Church

Creator:: attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Yellow and gray wash over graphite on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches (27.3 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Five Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

Creator:: attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Yellow and gray wash over graphite on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 7/8 inches (27.3 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Studies of Two Coffin Lids from (?) Norfolk Churches

Creator:: attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Yellow and gray wash over graphite on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 10 7/8 inches (38.1 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Studies of Two Coffin Lids from (?) Norfolk Churches

Creator:: attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Yellow and gray wash over graphite on medium slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches (38.4 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Study of a Coffin Lid from a (?) Norfolk Church

Creator:: attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Yellow and gray wash over graphite on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 10 1/2 inches (38.1 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. South Side of Catfield Church, Norfolk

Creator:: follower of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 11 5/8 inches (18.7 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. West Front of Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: imitator of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches (21.3 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Perspective Elevation of Part of the Abbey Church of Saint Stephen at Caen, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 9 7/8 inches (38.1 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Interior of Norwich Cathedral: Doorway and Screen Between the South Transept and the Aisle of the Presbytery

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 7 inches (25.4 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Studies of Four Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

Creator:: attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Yellow and gray wash over graphite on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 7/8 inches (27.3 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Hever Castle, Kent

Creator:: attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 11 inches (19.4 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Studies of Five Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

Creator:: attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Yellow and gray wash with graphite on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 7/8 inches (27.3 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Studies of Five Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

Creator:: attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Yellow and gray wash over graphite on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 14 7/8 inches (27.9 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. East End of Howden Church, Yorkshire

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches (39.1 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: imitator of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 inches (35.2 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Castle in a Landscape

2. Bolton Priory, Yorkshire

3. Ingham Church, Norfolk

4. Cader Idris from the Mawddach Estuary above Barmouth

5. Study of a Coffin Lid from Houghton Churchyard, Norfolk

6. Studies of Two Coffin Lids from Norfolk Churches

7. Brecon Bridge

8. A Font in Walsoken Church, Norfolk

9. A Chest in Dersingham Church, Norfolk

10. Loch Ranza Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland

11. Raynham Hall, Norfolk

12. Church of Graville near Havre de Grace, Normandy: End of the North Transept

13. Font at Caister Church, Norfolk

14. West Window of Snettisham Church, Norfolk

15. Elevation of the Church of Columbiers, near Valognes, Normandy

16. Study of a Coffin Lid from a (?) Norfolk Church

17. Five Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

18. Studies of Two Coffin Lids from (?) Norfolk Churches

19. Studies of Two Coffin Lids from (?) Norfolk Churches

20. Study of a Coffin Lid from a (?) Norfolk Church

21. South Side of Catfield Church, Norfolk

22. West Front of Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

23. Perspective Elevation of Part of the Abbey Church of Saint Stephen at Caen, Normandy

24. Interior of Norwich Cathedral: Doorway and Screen Between the South Transept and the Aisle of the Presbytery

25. Studies of Four Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

26. Hever Castle, Kent

27. Studies of Five Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

28. Studies of Five Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

29. East End of Howden Church, Yorkshire

30. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire