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Capel Carrig, Caernarvonshire

Publisher Henry George Bohn British
1838
Not on view
This etching of a Welsh chapel demonstrates Cotman’s lifelong fascination with the irregularity of old buildings. Gothic arches screen a small side chapel near neatly arranged rows of heavy benches. Broken stone slabs in the left foreground disrupt the orderly interior. In 1824 Cotman had begun a series of etchings titled Liber Studiorum, which paid tribute to J.M.W. Turner’s famous series of 1807–9. Where Turner employed mezzotint engravers to add tone to his etched outlines, Cotman’s choice of soft-ground etching enabled him to create his prints without assistance.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Capel Carrig, Caernarvonshire
  • Series/Portfolio: Liber Studiorum: A Series of Sketches and Studies
  • Artist: John Sell Cotman (British, Norwich 1782–1842 London)
  • Publisher: Henry George Bohn (British, London 1796–1884 Twickenham)
  • Date: 1838
  • Medium: Soft-ground etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 4 15/16 × 7 3/8 in. (12.6 × 18.7 cm)
    Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 7/16 in. (24.2 × 34.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
  • Object Number: 22.100(42)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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