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
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
