Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, 1803, Watercolor and graphite with scratching out, sheet: 11 15/16 x 8 1/4 in. (30.3 x 21 cm), Drawings, John Sell Cotman (British, Norwich 1782–1842 London), Cotman helped to reshape British watercolor painting by demonstrating the medium's aesthetic and expressive potential. A native of Norwich, in Norfolk, he moved to London in 1798 and over the next eight years developed an innovative and distinct formal vocabulary
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Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, 1803, Watercolor, graphite, scratching out, sheet, 11 15/16 x 8 1/4, 30.3 21 cm, Drawings, John Sell Cotman, British, Norwich, 1782–1842, London, Cotman helped, reshape British, watercolor, painting, demonstrating, medium, aesthetic, expressive potential, native, Norfolk, moved, 1798, next eight, years, developed, innovative, distinct formal, vocabulary
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