John Sell Cotman
The Anglers (in Avon Gorge)

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Artist John Sell Cotman(British, 1782–1842)British, 1782–1842

CultureBritish

Titles

The Anglers (in Avon Gorge)

Datec. 1829–1830

MediumWatercolor over graphite, heightened with gouache and stopping out on wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 14 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (36.6 × 27.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Nancy Stallworth Thomas, and Kim and Sellers Thomas

Object number2022.323

Non exposé

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Special Collections

The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThomas Woolner, R.A. (1825–1892); Mrs. Stephens; [Walker Gallery, London, by 1920]; Victor Rienaecker (1887–1960), by 1920; J. Leslie Wright (1862–1953), by 1938; Guy Harvey-Samuel (1887–1960); [Fine Art Society, London, by 1960]; [Sotheby’s, London, Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, July 6, 2022, lot 56]; [Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker, London, 2022]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryExhibition of Water-Colours, Walker Gallery, London, 1920 (lent by Victor Rienaecker).

Works by John Sell Cotman, Tate Gallery, London, 1922, ca. 119.

Centenary Exhibition, The Royal Society of British Artists, London, 1923, cat. 30.

Catalogue of Paintings, Water Colours, and Statuary Kindly Lent by Private Owners, The Royal Leamington Spa Art Gallery, Leamington, 1938, cat. 36 (exh. cat. by W. Ewart Owen).

Early English Watercolours from the Collections of J. Leslie Wright and Walter Turner, The City Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1938, cat. 106.

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