The water-colour drawings of John Sell Cotman
John Sell Cotman (Norwich 1782 – London 1842)
Category
Books
Date
1923
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Greenway, Devon
NT 3175427
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi p., [24] leaves of plates :. col. ill. ;. 30 cm. Provenance: Inscription in ink on flyleaf: `To Stephen with Christmas wishes from Uncle Jim & Aunt Annie', with printed pictorial bookplate below, with initials: `S. B.'. Pasted on inside cover is presscutting relating bequest of Colman collection of paintings to Norwich Castle Museum, 1943. Binding: Publisher's case, covered in green cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front, and embossed patterns on front.
Makers and roles
John Sell Cotman (Norwich 1782 – London 1842) Adolf Paul Oppé (1878-1957) Charles Geoffrey Holme (1887-1954)