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            The restored grave of John Sell Cotman (16 May 1782 – 24 July 1842) was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator, author and a leading member of the Norwich School of painters.

Born in Norwich, the son of a silk merchant and lace dealer, Cotman was educated at the Norwich Grammar School. He showed an early talent for art. It was intended that he followed his father into the family business but, intent on a career in art, he moved to London in 1798, where he met artists such as J. M. W. Turner, Peter de Wint and Thomas Girtin, whose sketching club he joined, and whom he travelled with to Wales and Surrey. By 1800 he was exhibiting at the Royal Academy, showing scenes of the Welsh countryside there in 1801 and 1802. His drawing expeditions took him throughout southern Britain, and to Yorkshire, where he stayed with the Cholmeley family during the three summers of 1803–5.

Over 600 of his watercolours and drawings were bought by James Reeve, who in 1902 sold more than half of them to the British Museum: the remainder of his collection was acquired by the Norwich Castle from the collection of the Norfolk industrialist Russell Colman. His works are on public display in Norwich, where well over 2,000 works are held, as well as at the Leeds Art Gallery, the Tate Gallery, the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, and other regional centres. In the United States, there are works by Cotman at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut, and in other galleries around the country.

Cotman's work was not thought to be important during his lifetime, and he made little from sales of his paintings and drawings. The sale of his works and library took place over five days at Christie's. His drawings and pictures fetched £260, his collection of books and art was sold off for £300 and the sum total for his prints was £30.

His architectural etchings have long been considered as a valuable records of his passion for archaeology

St John's Wood Burial Ground

Taken in: UK / England / Westminster / St John's Wood (show map)

Taken on: November 28, 2020

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Camera: HUAWEI CLT-L09, f/1.8, 1/237 sec, 5.6mm, ISO 50 (more info) (hide info)

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Aperture:	f/1.8
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/237)
Focal Length:	5.6mm
ISO:	50
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Light Source:	Daylight
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