Fastolf's Tower, Caister Castle, near Great Yarmouth
John Sell Cotman (Norwich 1782 – London 1842)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1804 - 1806
Materials
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Measurements
254 x 203 mm (10 x 8 in)
Place of origin
Great Yarmouth
Order this imageCollection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 781350
Summary
Pencil and watercolour on paper, Fastolf's Tower, Caister Castle, near Great Yarmouth by John Sell Cotman (Norwich 1782 – London 1842), 1804/06. The boat is inscribed: MARY. Caister Castle was built by Sir John Falstof in 1432-5 and a favourite of the Norwich School of artists.
Provenance
Mr Bailey, Cavick House, near Wymondham, Norfolk; his daughter, Miss Jane Bailey, ibid.; bequeathed by her to the National Trust in 1994, and allocated to Peckover House
Credit line
Peckover, The Bailey Bequest (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: on the backboard: 18 encircled; and, in pencil: 580 293 287 14
Makers and roles
John Sell Cotman (Norwich 1782 – London 1842), artist
References
Nares 1954 Gordon Nares, ‘Cavick House, Norfolk: The Home of Miss S. J. Bailey’, in Country Life, 30 September, 1954, pp.1070–73 Musson 2006 Jeremy Musson, ‘Cavick House, Norfolk: The Home of Mr and Mrs Christopher Lawrence’, Country Life, 19 October, 2006, pp.100–103 and pls.