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Ruined Castle

John Sell Cotman

1823–42

Medium

Watercolor over graphite

Tags

Animals Castles Ruins Human Figures

Dimensions

Sheet: 8 1/16 × 10 11/16 in. (20.5 × 27.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1906

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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