Eye Mill in Suffolk

Attributed to John Sell Cotman

Associated Names
John Sell Cotman

Artist, British, 1782 - 1842

The image shows a pencil drawing of a hilltop with a windmill. The windmill is dominant in the scene, seen slightly below and to the right, allowing a view upwards and towards its side. The horizon line is low, placing the windmill against a mostly clear sky with birds in flight. The artist used varying pressure of pencil strokes to create texture and depth. The color palette is mainly pale gray tones on cream paper. In the distance, there is a small structure and a grazing animal, adding to the sense of space and scale within the landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24.6 x 33.9 cm (9 11/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.16.188


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James Bulwer (1794-1879), Norwich, England; by descent through the Bulwer family to Henry Bulwer (born 1854), Vancouver, Canada; Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, Los Angeles; Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1951.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in unknown hand, lower right in graphite: Eye Suffolk; inlater hand, lower right in graphite: C; in later hand, upper right: 22[1?]

Wikidata ID

Q64536878

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