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Devil's Den, Wiltshire, engraved by J. Storer with the caption A Cromlech on Marlbro's Downs, as the title page for John Britton's The Beauties of Wiltshire, (London, 1825) vol.3
Devil's Den, Wiltshire, engraved by J. Storer with the caption A Cromlech on Marlbro's Downs, as the title page for John Britton's The Beauties of Wiltshire, (London, 1825) vol.3
Object number1864.1.267

Devil's Den, Wiltshire, engraved by J. Storer with the caption A Cromlech on Marlbro's Downs, as the title page for John Britton's The Beauties of Wiltshire, (London, 1825) vol.3

Datec. 1803-1812
Artist (British, 1782 - 1842)
CultureBritish
MediumWatercolor, ink and pencil
DimensionsSheet: 6 3/8 x 8 5/16 in. (16.19 x 21.11 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
Not on view
Period19th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned (at bottom, in pencil): J_S Cotman del
InscribedInscribed (at bottom, in pencil): Devils Den WILTS
BibliographyLandscapes of Retrospection (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1999), p. 18 repr. ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition History"No Incidents but a Ghost and a Storm: European Prints and Drawings of the Romantic Period," Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 20 September - 15 December 1996;

Poughkeepsie, 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);

Poughkeepsie, NY, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Catching Light: European and American Watercolors from the Permanent Collection," May 8- July 26, 2009.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu