Landscape with Trees

British 19th Century, after John Sell Cotman

Associated Names
British 19th Century

Artist

John Sell Cotman

Artist, British, 1782 - 1842

The image depicts a landscape with trees drawn in pencil. The drawing shows a cluster of trees with varying strokes to differentiate between the foliage and land contours. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of graphite to highlight depth and texture. A path runs through the trees with two small figures walking along it, providing scale to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 27.7 x 37.8 cm (10 7/8 x 14 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.16.190

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; vertical along left edge verso in graphite: 460; lower left verso in graphite: J.S. Cotman

Wikidata ID

Q64537771

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