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Boats off the Coast, Storm Approaching
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Boats off the Coast, Storm Approaching

John Sell Cotman

1830

Medium

Watercolor over traces of graphite, with gouache (bodycolor), scratching out, stopping out, and gum arabic

Tags

WavesStormsBoatsSeascapes

Dimensions

Sheet: 18 9/16 × 25 11/16 in. (47.2 × 65.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Charles and Jessie Price Gift, 2017

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About John Sell Cotman

1782–1842 • United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandKingdom of Great BritainUnited Kingdom

Known for his portraits of London society, homely genre scenes, and highly finished narrative pictures. His later impressionistic oils and watercolors of his native East Anglia are considered some of his most successful work. British artist and architectural illustrator. Comment on works: Landscapes, Marines; etcher

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