Ruined Castle

Title	Ruined Castle
Artist	John Sell Cotman
Date	1823–42 19th century
Medium	Watercolor over graphite
Classification	Drawings
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Rogers Fund, 1906
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Zoological illustration

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“Ruined Castle” is a work by John Sell Cotman, dated 1823–42. It is executed in watercolor over graphite and classified as drawings. In this archive it sits within the zoological illustration tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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The artist

This work is attributed to John Sell Cotman. Browse every catalogued public-domain plate by this maker.

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Dated to 1823–42. Explore the wider set of works from the 19th century held in the archive.

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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.

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