The Devil's Tower

1833/1834

John Sell Cotman

Artist, British, 1782 - 1842

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white on blue wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 12.2 x 16.9 cm (4 13/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.52.31


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1956-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1961

  • Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, University of Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, March 5-25, 1961, no. 22.

Bibliography

1961

  • Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, University of Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, 1961, 22

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, checklist 90

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: June 9th 183

Wikidata ID

Q64583985


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