For most of the twentieth century John Sell Cotman (1782 - 1842) was the most widely admired English watercolourist, surpassing even Turner in popularity. This major exhibition will look at the central chapter of the artist's career featuring over 100 watercolours, drawings and prints sketches setting Cotman's Normandy studies against the background of his earlier architectural work. The exhibition will also feature a further 20 sketches by other artists including Turner, Samuel Prout and Henry Edridge who also visited Normandy.

"Every major painting, related studies, and the author's own photographs of the locations in which Cotman worked are included in this book, as well as a wealth of new documentary evidence of his time with the Cholmeleys."--BOOK JACKET.