FDA-D.142-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.142-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
A Lime Kiln at Cromer, Norfolk
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Comments
Inscribed and numbered 469. Probably one of the drawings Cotman loaned to aspiring artists after 1809.
Other number
Pi 241
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 230mm
width (actual size): 333mm
width (actual size): 333mm
Inscription
Signed and numbered '469 Cotman' (lower left), and inscribed as title (on the reverse of mount)
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour on oatmeal paper
Production
Person
Cotman, John Sell, 1782 - 1842 (Artist)
Date
1808-1810
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Alan Pilkington; by whom presented/bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'Humphrey Ocean: Fresh as Paint', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 9 June to 30 October 2022, catalogue number 20
Exhibited: 'Humphrey Ocean: Fresh as Paint', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 9 June to 30 October 2022, catalogue number 20
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Walker's Galleries; Alan Pilkington bequeathed to Eton 1973
References
• Ryan, H., Hidden Treasures, W.S. Fine Art exhibition catalogue, 2010 (p. 50, no. 20)
• Pilkington, A., Loan exhibition of early English watercolours, drawings by Old Masters, etchings & engravings from the collection of Alan D. Pilkington: in aid of the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association, Colnaghi & Co, London, 1958 (no. 10)
• Whitworth Art Gallery, Exhibition of water-colour drawings by J.R. Cozens and J.S. Cotman, Manchester, 1937
• Pilkington, A., Loan exhibition of early English watercolours, drawings by Old Masters, etchings & engravings from the collection of Alan D. Pilkington: in aid of the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association, Colnaghi & Co, London, 1958 (no. 10)
• Whitworth Art Gallery, Exhibition of water-colour drawings by J.R. Cozens and J.S. Cotman, Manchester, 1937
