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Sketch of Mont Saint Michel (recto); Buildings Beside Water (verso), c. 1818. Graphite (recto and verso) on ivory wove paper.
Graphite (recto and verso) on ivory wove paper · 7.4 × 13.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Sketch of Mont Saint Michel (recto); Buildings Beside Water (verso)
- Artist
- John Sell Cotman English, 1782-1842
- Date
- c. 1818
- Medium
- Graphite (recto and verso) on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 7.4 × 13.8 cm (2 15/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
- Credit line
- The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1782–1842
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.