An Old House in the Rue Saint Jean at Caen, Normandy

1817

John Sell Cotman

Artist, British, 1782 - 1842

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and wash on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Donald Stone

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.2 × 23.8 cm (14 1/4 × 9 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2022.40.35

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir John Charles Robinson, London [1824 - 1913]; (sale, Christie's London, 17 April 1902, no. 88). J. & W. Vokins, London. (W.S. Fine Art, Andrew Wyld, London); Donald Stone, New York [1942 - 2020]; bequest to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1885

  • Architectural Drawing, Royal Institute of British Architects, London, 1885

2009

  • Summer Exhibition, W.S. Fine Art: Andrew Wyld, London, 2009, no. 32.

Bibliography

1975

  • Rajni, Miklos, and Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton. John Sell Cotman, Drawings of Normandy in Norwich Castle Museum. Norwich, 1975: 58, under no. 13.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: An Old House Rue St. Jean at Caen; lower right in graphite: J. S. Cotman Aug.st 6th 1817

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