John Sell Cotman
(England 16 May 1782 – 24 Jul 1842)
West front, Binham Priory
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
COTMAN was the most prolific etcher of the Norwich School, completing more than 370 plates of landscape and architectural subjects. Cotman took up etching to further his reputation and gain a wider circulation of his work. His first series, ‘Miscellaneous Etchings’ was published in 1811. Cotman set high store on his graphic work and devoted more and more of his time to it. ‘West front, Binham Priory’ is plate 13 from Cotman’s 1818 collection, the ‘Architectural Antiquities of Norfolk’.
- Year
- 1818
- Media
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- 36.9 x 25.9 cm platemark; 47.4 x 32.2 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.c., incised plate "J S Cotman F". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Hendrik Kolenberg 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
- Accession number
- 145.2013
- Provenance
- Hendrik Kolenberg, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, Gift of Hendrik Kolenberg 2013.
Paul Goldman, Sydney South/Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, Gift from Paul and Corinna Goldman to Kolenberg 1990
