Fish swills, rudder etc.
Fish swills, rudder etc.
 in Norwich Castle Museum, 1979, no.82, ill. pl.52). Another version of this drawing, with colour notes, is also in Norwich Castle Museum (op. cit., no.81, ill. pl.51). Cotman drew a number of studies of fishing tackle and beached boats at this period which were probably executed at Cromer.){kind=link}
JOHN SELL COTMAN
Norwich 1782-1842 London
Fish Swills, Rudder, etc.
Pencil
139 x 263 mm., 5 ½ x 10 ¼ in.
This relates to a watercolour in Norwich Castle Museum of this title dated 1809. It was Cotman's exhibit at the Norwich Society in 1809 (see Miklos Rajnai and Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton, John Sell Cotman - Early Drawings (1798-1812) in Norwich Castle Museum, 1979, no.82, ill. pl.52). Another version of this drawing, with colour notes, is also in Norwich Castle Museum (op. cit., no.81, ill. pl.51). Cotman drew a number of studies of fishing tackle and beached boats at this period which were probably executed at Cromer.