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DescriptionJohn Sell CotmanNorwich 1782 - 1842 LondonThe Anglers 
Watercolour over pencil, heightened with bodycolour and stopping out 365 by 275 mmCondition reportThe colours in this watercolour have survived well and the sheet itself is well preserved. The work is not laid down and is well presented.
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Mrs Stephens;
with Walker Gallery, London, by 1922;
Victor Rienaecker (1887-1963);
J. Leslie Wright (1862-1953);
Guy Harvey-Samuel (1887-1960)
with The Fine Art Society, London, by 1960LiteratureThe Studio, August 1922;
The Burlington Magazine, vol. 102, 1960, p. 220;
V. Rienaecker, John Sell Cotman (1782-1842), Leigh-on-Sea 1953, pl. 4ExhibitedTate Gallery, Works by John Sell Cotman, 1922, no. 119;
The Royal Society of British Artists, “Centenary Exhibition”, 1923, no. 30;
Leamington, The Art Gallery, 1938, no. 56;
Birmingham, The City Art Gallery, Early English Watercolours from the Collections of J. Leslie Wright and Walter Turner, 1938, no. 106Catalogue note