Period: 19th century / Creator: Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842 / Work Type: watercolor

1. 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

2. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 11 inches (37.1 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk, West Front

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted to medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (26 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Font at Happisburgh Church, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 9 1/8 inches (17.8 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Château Navarre, near Evreux, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 3/4 inches (24.4 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. 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

7. Norwich Cathedral: Entrance to Jesus Chapel

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 1/8 inches (27.3 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. 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

9. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

Creator:: imitator of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches (34 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A Piscina in Blickling Church, Norfolk

Creator:: imitator of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (21.9 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Errand Boy Asleep in a Church

Creator:: circle of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches (23.8 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Sheriff Hutton Castle, Yorkshire

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 8 1/2 inches (33 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Norwich Cathedral: Interior of the North Aisle of the Choir, Looking East

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (34.9 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Gate-way, Saint Mary's Wiggenhall, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches (22.5 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. 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

16. Font at Dersingham Church, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (18.4 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Bridge in a Continental Town

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 20 1/2 inches (34.6 x 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Summer Day

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1827 to 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on Medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (31.8 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Fantastic Figures Seated on a Mound

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches (18.4 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. 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

21. Interior of a Church, Looking West from South Aisle

Creator:: imitator of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (28.9 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Ruin of a Norman Church

Creator:: after John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches (32.1 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. 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

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1. Castle Acre Priory

2. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

3. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk, West Front

4. Font at Happisburgh Church, Norfolk

5. Château Navarre, near Evreux, Normandy

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

7. Norwich Cathedral: Entrance to Jesus Chapel

8. In Rokeby Park

9. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

10. A Piscina in Blickling Church, Norfolk

11. Errand Boy Asleep in a Church

12. Sheriff Hutton Castle, Yorkshire

13. Norwich Cathedral: Interior of the North Aisle of the Choir, Looking East

14. Gate-way, Saint Mary's Wiggenhall, Norfolk

15. Raynham Hall, Norfolk

16. Font at Dersingham Church, Norfolk

17. Bridge in a Continental Town

18. A Summer Day

19. Fantastic Figures Seated on a Mound

20. Yarmouth Sands, Norfolk

21. Interior of a Church, Looking West from South Aisle

22. Ruin of a Norman Church

23. Mountainous Landscape, North Wales