John Sell Cotman (1782–1842)
“Norwich Thorp”, 1813–1838, plate 18 from the series of forty-nine plates,
“Liber Studiorum”, published in 1838 by Henry George Bohn (1795/6–1884) in
London in "Liber Studiorum: A Series of Sketches and Studies by John Sell
Cotman, Esp."
Soft-ground etching with dot roulette (i.e. “a method of printmaking in
which a drawing is made on a sheet of paper on a soft etching ground, pulled
off, and the resulting design transferred to the plate by etching” BM) on cream
wove paper with wide margins as published.
Size: (sheet) 49.2 x 33.3 cm; (plate) 11 x 8.4 cm
Inscribed on plate below the image: (left) "NORWICH THORP.";
(right) "J.S.Cotman”.
Numbered on plate: (upper right corner) "18".
Popham 1922 312 (Arthur Ewart Popham 1922, "The Etchings of John
Sell Cotman." Print Collector's Quarterly, vol. 9, cat. no. 312, p. 270).
The British Museum offers the following description of this print:
“Plate 18. A man seated on a riverbank near two trees in profile to
left, with one arm outstretched, pointing to left; part of a building seen in
background at left” (https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3348847&partId=1&people=128389&peoA=128389-2-60&page=1).
See also the description offered by The Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Condition: faultless impression in near pristine condition (i.e. there
are no tears, holes, folds, losses, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of use) with
full margins as published.
I am selling this extraordinarily well preserved and rare soft-ground
etching by one of the acknowledged masters of the English landscape, for a
total cost of AU$320 (currently US$219.99/EUR198.34/GBP169.05 at the time of
this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world.
If you are interested in purchasing this exemplary soft-ground etching
executed with confident ease—I still haven’t decided why the seated figure is gesturing
towards the ashlar structure but the gesture “fits well” with similar gesturing
staffage figures in Piranesi’s prints made just 35 years before this print—please
contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal
invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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