The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 13, 2026

A horizontal softground etching depicts a landscape where rectangular stone slabs border still water. A path winds toward the right where figures stand, one gesturing toward the horizon. Expressive dashes convey dense foliage on trees filling the middle ground. In the far background, a multi-arched stone bridge spans a river beneath hazy, undulating mountains.

Liber Studiorum: Plate 9, A Study

1838

John Sell Cotman

(British, 1782–1842)
England, 19th century
softground etching, from a bound volume containing 48 plates
Sheet: 32 x 49.5 cm (12 5/8 x 19 1/2 in.); Platemark: 15.2 x 20.1 cm (6 x 7 15/16 in.)
Bequest of John Bonebrake 2014.692.j
Catalogue raisonné: R 304
Location: Not on view
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