1838
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Liber Studiorum: Devil's Bridge, Cardiganshire is a 1838 by John Sell Cotman, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a landscape of Devil's Bridge in Cardiganshire. It's a simple scene with trees and a bridge. The artist made sketches for this painting during a trip to Wales in 1800, which is pretty interesting because it was a long time before he actually made the etching in 1838. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of artist John Sell Cotman.
Cotman followed in the footsteps of Thomas Gainsborough and also worked in soft-ground etching (see Gainsborough’s Wooded Landscape with Cows in this gallery). Thirty-nine of Cotman’s landscape etchings were published as the Liber Studiorum in 1838. This composition was based on sketches the artist made on the site during his journey through Wales in 1800.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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