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| English Romantic Painter, 1782-1842 English painter and etcher. Cotman was born in the parish of St Mary Coslany, Norwich, the son of Edmund Cotman, a hairdresser, later a haberdasher, and Ann Sell. In 1793 he entered Norwich Grammar School as a 'freeplacer'. In 1798 he moved to London, where he worked as an assistant to the publisher Rudolph Ackermann. Following in the footsteps of Turner and Thomas Girtin he joined Dr Monro's 'Academy' in 1799 and became a member of the sketching society that had developed around the personality and talent of Girtin. | ||||
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chirk aqueduct new20/John sell cotman-424986.jpg Painting ID:: 56175 Visit European Gallery |
c.1840 ,watercolor,124x91 in,31.6x23.2 cm,victoria and albert museum,london,uk | ||
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