Near Durham
Medium
Soft-ground etching
Dimensions
Plate: 11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (29.8 × 22.2 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (34.3 × 24.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.100(36)
Tags
Art Historical Context
"**Near Durham** (1838) is a captivating soft-ground etching by John Cotman, a leading figure in the Norwich School artists, in collaboration with Henry George B. This print captures a serene English landscape near the historic city of Durham, featuring houses nestled amid the countryside. Measuring 11 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches on the plate, exemplifies the intimate scale of 19th-century printmaking, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department acquired through the Rogers Fund in 2. Cotman's mastery shines in this work through the innovative soft-ground etching technique...
About the Artist
Henry George Bohn|John Sell Cotman (British|British) · 1796 |1782 –1884 |1842
British, London 1796–1884 Twickenham|British, Norwich 1782–1842 London