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Blickling Hall, Norfolk: 1173

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Blickling Hall, Norfolk

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Cotman, John Sell

Entities

Categories

Notes

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.

Measurements and weight

Height: 224 mm
Width: 339 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1926-07) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

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.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite
Sepia

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Graphite and sepia on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: J.S. Cotman
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: trimmed

  • Text: 181(?)
  • Location: Lower right, following the above
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Date
  • Text: South Front of Blickling Hall, July 1 1818 / 1. Webb / Seat of the Right Honorable Lord Sheffield
  • Location: Mount
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: £15
  • Location: Mount
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1173
Primary reference Number: 14802
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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