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Cotman, John Sell

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Cotman, John Sell (1782–1842) British landscape painter and etcher, co-founder (with John Crome) of the Norwich School. One of Britain's most important 19th-century watercolourists. He used broad, flat colour washes and built up his images in sharply defined planes and simple shapes. His paintings include Greta Bridge (c.1805) and Chirk Aqueduct.

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