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Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

1810
(British, 1782–1842)
England, 19th century
etching
John L. Severance Fund 1991.233
Catalogue raisonné: Popham 10
Location: not on view
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Rievaulx Abbey belongs to Cotman’s first series of etchings, published in 1811. The thirteen images depict the landscape of Yorkshire and picturesque architectural views such as rural cottages, ancient stone walls, and overgrown, ruined abbeys. The crumbling Gothic church was a quintessentially Romantic theme, intended to allude to a lost past.
Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

1810

John Sell Cotman

(British, 1782–1842)
England, 19th century

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