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Dieppe Harbour

Watercolour
1823 (made)
Artist/Maker
Cotman, John Sell (artist)
Place of origin
France (made)

Watercolour of Dieppe Harbour from the vantage point of the headland so the whole cresent of buildings on the harbour front are depicted. There are families and other groups of people seated in circles in the foreground and others admiring the view.

Object details

Category
Watercolours
Object type
Watercolour
TitleDieppe Harbour (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
watercolour on paper
Watercolour (Paint)
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Watercolour depicting Dieppe Harbour, John Sell Cotman, British School, 1823
Physical description
Watercolour of Dieppe Harbour from the vantage point of the headland so the whole cresent of buildings on the harbour front are depicted. There are families and other groups of people seated in circles in the foreground and others admiring the view.
Dimensions
  • Height: 296mm
  • Width: 542mm
  • Height: 11.1875in
  • Width: 21in
  • Height: 28.4cm
  • Width: 53.3cm
The dimensions are taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Marks and inscriptions
J S Cotman / 1823 (Signed in the lower left hand corner)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Edith, Lady Powell
Object history
This watercolour is a replica, with only slight differences, of no. 3013-1876 in this museum.
Subjects depicted
Harbour
Views
Place depicted
Dieppe
Bibliographic references
  • Goujard, Lucie, Annette Haudiquet, Caroline Joubert and Diederik Bakhuys, Voyages Pittoresques Normandie, 1820-2009, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2009.
  • Delarue, Bruno Visions romantiques des côtes de la Manche: du Mont Saint-Michel au Pas-de-Calais Yport: Terre en vue, c2011 pg. 129
  • Timothy Wilcox, Cotman in Normandy, London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-898519-30-0
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.26-1934

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Record createdOctober 31, 2002
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O68994/dieppe-harbour-watercolour-cotman-john-sell/
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