Sep 29, 2005

Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

1810

John Sell Cotman

(British, 1782–1842)

Etching

John L. Severance Fund 1991.233

Catalogue raisonné: Popham 10

Location

Description

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.

See also
Collection: 
PR - Etching
Department: 
Prints
Type of artwork: 
Print
Medium: 
Etching

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