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The Abbatial House, Abbey of St. Ouen, Rouen
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The Abbatial House, Abbey of St. Ouen, Rouen

Medium

Graphite and watercolor, heightened with gouache (bodycolor) and with scratching out

Dimensions

Sheet: 21 x 28 3/4 in. (53.4 x 73.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About John Sell Cotman

1782–1842United 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