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1. Castle Above a Rocky Gorge

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 x 8 15/16 inches (17.9 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Castle Above a Waterfall

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 5 3/16 inches (17.8 x 13.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A Bridge

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 x 6 15/16 inches (23.3 x 17.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. A Group of Trees by a Fence

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches (25.1 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Two Old Horses Standing in a Field

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 1/16 inches (21.6 × 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Castle at Tancarville

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 20 1/8 inches (36.1 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Russell

14. Waterfall in a Desolate Landscape

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches (21.9 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

15. Etchings by John Sell Cotman, Volume II

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/16 x 13 3/4 inches (49.3 x 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald and Willi Holden

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. 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

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. Bridge and Ruin, after Richard Wilson; On the Tiber

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 6 5/8 inches (10.5 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. 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

21. 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

22. Ruin on a Lake, in the Manner of Richard Wilson

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 6 1/2 inches (10.2 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. River and Windmill

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 7 inches (10.8 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Ruined Temple after Richard Wilson

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 6 5/8 inches (10.2 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Bridge and Tower, after Richard Wilson

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches (10.5 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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. Castle Above a Rocky Gorge

2. Castle Above a Waterfall

3. A Bridge

4. Study of Trees on the Banks of the Yare

5. The Norfolk Broads

6. Castle in a Landscape

7. Castle Acre Priory

8. Aberystwyth Castle

9. Cader Idris

10. Harlech Castle

11. A Group of Trees by a Fence

12. Two Old Horses Standing in a Field

13. Castle at Tancarville

14. Waterfall in a Desolate Landscape

15. Etchings by John Sell Cotman, Volume II

16. Raynham Hall, Norfolk

17. Cader Idris from the Mawddach Estuary above Barmouth

18. A Summer Day

19. Bridge and Ruin, after Richard Wilson; On the Tiber

20. Bamborough Castle, Northumberland

21. Tan-y-Bwlch, North Wales

22. Ruin on a Lake, in the Manner of Richard Wilson

23. River and Windmill

24. Ruined Temple after Richard Wilson

25. Bridge and Tower, after Richard Wilson

26. Bolton Priory, Yorkshire

27. Near Whitby, Yorkshire

28. Château Navarre, near Evreux, Normandy

29. Domfront, Looking to the South East

30. Mortain, Normandy

31. Yarmouth Sands, Norfolk

32. Lake at Trentham, Staffordshire

33. Mountainous Landscape, North Wales

34. Bridge in a Continental Town

35. In Rokeby Park

36. River Landscape, Probably near Thorpe, Norfolk

37. Holt Heath, near Norwich

38. Fishing Vessel off Yarmouth

39. Study of Trees

40. Coast Scene with a Castle