A Dry Dock

John Sell Cotman

first half 19th century

A Dry Dock by John Sell Cotman

Medium

graphite

Dimensions

overall (approximate): 15.5 x 22.9 cm (6 1/8 x 9 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1951.16.191

About the Artist

John Sell Cotman · 17821842

John Sell Cotman (1782–1842) was one of the most original and technically innovative English watercolorists of his generation, a central figure of the Norwich School whose bold, flattened compositions and luminous washes of color place him among the most modern-feeling of early nineteenth-century British artists. Born in Norwich, Norfolk, Cotman moved to London as a young man and studied in the ci...

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