Object number1864.2.2655
South Doorway St. Germain D'Elle near St. Lô., Normandy, perhaps intended for Cotman's Picturesque Normandy, an unpublished collection of images
Date1823
Artist
John Sell Cotman
(British, 1782 - 1842)
CultureBritish
MediumPencil on brown wash
DimensionsMatted: 22 x 16 in. (55.88 x 40.64 cm)
Sight: 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (24.45 x 19.69 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (24.77 x 20 cm)
Sight: 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (24.45 x 19.69 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (24.77 x 20 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedDated (LR, in pencil): 1823
InscribedInscribed (LR, in pencil): (artist's name); (LR, in ink): (artist's name); (LL, in ink): South Doorway St. Germaind'ella near St. Lo.; (UL, in ink): 9
ProvenanceCollections: Elias MagoonExhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Landscapes of Retrospection," October 15 - December 19, 1999;
The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, January 25 - March 25, 2001;
The Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 9 - September 2, 2001;
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, February 9 - April 7, 2002 (see below)
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