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JOHN SELL COTMAN (NORWICH 1782-1842 LONDON)
Lot 103PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, CORNWALL

JOHN SELL COTMAN (NORWICH 1782-1842 LONDON)

Study of a tree

Fermé5 July 2022

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JOHN SELL COTMAN (NORWICH 1782-1842 LONDON)
Study of a tree
signed 'J.S. Cotman' (lower left)
pencil
13 1⁄2 x 11 3⁄4 in. (34.4 x 29.8 cm.)

W. Bateson.
Eric Gill, given by him to
Joseph Cribb.
H. Towner.

Note du spécialiste

The immediacy of this sketch suggests an early date of around 1805-1810, and that it was probably done from life. In the 1830s, Cotman made many sketches of trees, but these lack the spontaneity of the present sheet, particularly in the background.
We are grateful to Timothy Wilcox for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.