1800
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
House and River is a 1800 by John Sell Cotman, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a simple riverbank scene with a worn white building and a red-roofed structure attached. Two horses pull a cart loaded with wooden planks toward the water, while a person in a dark coat stands near the building’s entrance. The water reflects the scene, and the sky above is light with soft clouds. Notice how the artist uses quick, sketchy lines to show light hitting the buildings and water. The scene feels quiet but busy, like daily life in a small town. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
John Sell Cotman (16 May 1782 – 24 July 1842) was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator, and a leading member of the Norwich School of painters.
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