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Barn at Thetford, Suffolk

Drawing
1818 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pencil and wash drawing of a barn at Thetford, Suffolk, incorporating a wall and doorway of the ruined church of a former nunnery. Signed and date in pencil.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleBarn at Thetford, Suffolk (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and wash drawing
Brief description
Pencil and wash drawing by John Sell Cotman depicting a barn at Thetford, Suffolk. Great Britain, 1818.
Physical description
Pencil and wash drawing of a barn at Thetford, Suffolk, incorporating a wall and doorway of the ruined church of a former nunnery. Signed and date in pencil.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.875in
  • Width: 11.125in
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Bequeathed by William Arthur Brooke
Object history
This drawing was formerly in the Bulwer collection. For details, see 'Walker's Galleries Quarterly', 1926-7 (no. 144).
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1944, London: Printed under the Authority of the Ministry of Education 1949.
Collection
Accession number
E.130-1944

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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