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Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire
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Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

John Sell Cotman (British, 1782–1842), artist · 1810 · etching

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Rievaulx Abbey belongs to Cotman’s first series of etchings, published in 1811. The thirteen images depict the landscape of Yorkshire and picturesque architectural views such as rural cottages, ancient stone walls, and overgrown, ruined abbeys. The crumbling Gothic church was a quintessentially Romantic theme, intended to allude to a lost past.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineRievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, 1810. John Sell Cotman (British, 1782–1842). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1991.233
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