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John Joseph Cotman

1814–1878

Sailing Ships on a River. Verso: Study of a Wooden Fence and Trees
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Biography

John Joseph Cotman (1814–1878) was an English landscape painter, the second son of John Sell Cotman.

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  • Plants by a Stream

    Attributed to John Joseph Cotman, attributed to Miles Edmund Cotman
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  • Sailing Ships on a River. Verso: Study of a Wooden Fence and Trees

    Attributed to John Joseph Cotman, attributed to Miles Edmund Cotman
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