Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Property of a lady and gentleman
John Sell Cotman
Postwick Grove, Norwich
Auction Closed
January 26, 04:31 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property of a lady and gentleman
John Sell Cotman
Norwich 1782 - 1842 London
Postwick Grove, Norwich
Black and white chalk on gray paper
215 by 299 mm; 8½ by 11¾ in.
sale, London, Sotheby’s, An Exceptional Eye: A Private British Collection, 14 July 2010, lot 78,
where purchased by the present owner
Postwick Grove is on the River Yare, to the east of Norwich. Cotman was born in St Mary Coslany near Norwich. After some years as a student in London, Cotman returned in 1810. He founded the Norwich Society of Artists and remained in the area until 1834. Other works of a similar subject to the present work include a watercolor and a drawing dating from the 1830s.1
1. London, The British Museum, inv. nos. 1902,0514.115 and 1902,0514.29