Blickling Hall, Norfolk
Draughtsman: Cotman, John Sell
History note: Rev. James Bulwer (1794-1879); James Redfoord Bulwer, Q.C. in 1888 (1820-1900); with other Cotmans in the Bulwer Collection acquired before 1926 by Walker's Galleries, 118 New Bond Street, from whom purchased.
Height: 224 mm
Width: 339 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (1926-07) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Production date: ? AD 1818 : According to C.F. Bell, 'John Sell Cotman. The Bulwer Collection', Walker's Quarterly, nos. 19-20 (n.d. but c. 1926), the composition was engraved by J. Webb for 'Excursions through Norfolk', published 1 July 1818. Bell therefore reads the trimmed date on drawing as 181[8]. The view is of the north-east corner of the Hall.
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Graphite and sepia on paper
Inscription present: trimmed
Accession number: 1173
Primary reference Number: 14802
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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