Ruins
Ruins

Currently not on view

Ruins

possibly John Sell Cotman, British, 1782–1842
x1948-62

Information

Title
Ruins
Maker
possibly John Sell Cotman
Medium

Graphite

Dimensions

16.5 x 23.6 cm (6 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895

Object Number
x1948-62
Signatures

Inscribed and signed in graphite, lower right: 2770 | Cotman

Culture
British
Type
drawings
Materials
paper (fiber product), graphite
Subject
landscapes (representations), birds, ruins

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