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Object Type
print
Museum number
1859,0528.167
Title
Object:
On the Yare, Norfolk.
Series:
Liber Studiorum
Description
Plate 4. Stretch of the river Yare, with two figures in a rowing boat in foreground at centre right, and wooded bank behind; hills in background; proof before letters. Soft-ground etching
Producer name
Print made by:
John Sell Cotman
School/style
British
Production date
1813-1838
Materials
paper
Technique
soft-ground etching
Dimensions
Height:
152 millimetres
Width:
203 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
In a bound volume of John Sell Cotman's own proofs from 49 plates for 'Liber Studiorum'. See Curator's Comment of 1902,0514.595 for information about the series.
Bibliographic references
Popham 1922 / The Etchings of John Sell Cotman
(299)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
boat/ship
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
River Yare
Topographic representation of:
Norfolk
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A E Evans & Sons
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Dawson Turner
(sale Puttick & Simpson, 16-24.v.1859)
Acquisition date
1859
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1859,0528.167