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Illegible Sketch — John Sell Cotman. Illegible Sketch, n.d.. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

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AT-00003653

Illegible Sketch

by John Sell Cotman

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Artist: John Sell Cotman / English, 1782-1842
Date: n.d.
Medium: Graphite on buff wove paper, tipped onto card
Dimensions: 9.5 × 8.3 cm (3 3/4 × 3 5/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: graphite
Place: England
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Accession no.: 1922.1174

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