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John sell cotman
English Romantic Painter, 1782-1842
English painter and etcher. Cotman was born in the parish of St Mary Coslany, Norwich, the son of Edmund Cotman, a hairdresser, later a haberdasher, and Ann Sell. In 1793 he entered Norwich Grammar School as a 'freeplacer'. In 1798 he moved to London, where he worked as an assistant to the publisher Rudolph Ackermann. Following in the footsteps of Turner and Thomas Girtin he joined Dr Monro's 'Academy' in 1799 and became a member of the sketching society that had developed around the personality and talent of Girtin.
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Painting ID:: 26069
Barmouth Ferry (mk47)
RA1804
Watercolour
362x536mm
By kind permission of the provost
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Painting ID:: 26144
Lee Shore,with the Wreck of the Houghton Pictures (mk47)
SPWC 1838
Watercolour with bodycolour and gum
680x902mm
Lent bySyndics of the Fitzwillam Museum,Cambridge
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Painting ID:: 26128
Mont St.Michel,Normandy (mk47)
1828
Watercolour with bodycolour
292x543mm
Manchester Art Gallery
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Painting ID:: 32845
Seashore with Boats
mk81
c.1808
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Painting ID:: 53420
The Drop Gate
mk231
c.1826
Oil on canvas
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John sell cotman
English Romantic Painter, 1782-1842
English painter and etcher. Cotman was born in the parish of St Mary Coslany, Norwich, the son of Edmund Cotman, a hairdresser, later a haberdasher, and Ann Sell. In 1793 he entered Norwich Grammar School as a 'freeplacer'. In 1798 he moved to London, where he worked as an assistant to the publisher Rudolph Ackermann. Following in the footsteps of Turner and Thomas Girtin he joined Dr Monro's 'Academy' in 1799 and became a member of the sketching society that had developed around the personality and talent of Girtin.
. Related Artists to John sell cotman: | George Herbert McCord | Frederick richard pickersgill,R.A. | Thomas Couture | Jorg Ratgeb | Cornelis Saftleven |
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