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Liber Studiorum: Plate 27, Kilgarren Castle, N. Wales

John Sell Cotman

Cleveland Museum of Art

A black and white landscape drawing on beige paper, depicting a castle on a cliffside. The castle is in the distance and has several tall rectangular towers. A body of water is in the foreground, with steep cliffs on both sides. The cliffs have trees and bushes on them. A small boat is on the water. The sky is light and cloudy. The castle sits on a flat area on top of the cliff, with a wall running along the edge. A signature is written in small letters at the bottom center of the drawing.

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900 × 678 px
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