Landscape with Hills and Water

Attributed to John Sell Cotman

Associated Names
John Sell Cotman

Artist, British, 1782 - 1842

The image shows a landscape view from a distant perspective with serene surroundings. The horizon is placed at the center, showcasing land forms blending with the sky. Soft pencil strokes indicate depth and dimension, with light lines for distant objects and darker shading for closer ones. The color scheme consists of muted shades of grey, black, and light blue. The landscape features gently rolling hills or mounds created using variations in pencil pressure on the paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 22.3 x 32.9 cm (8 3/4 x 12 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.16.189

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 later hand, lower right in graphite: C; lower left verso in graphite: John Cotman

Wikidata ID

Q64536879

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