Capel Carrig, Caernarvonshire 1838 John Sell Cotman This etching of a Welsh chapel demonstrates Cotman’s lifelong fascination with the irregularity of old buildings. Gothic arches screen a small side chapel near neatly arranged rows of heavy benches. Broken stone slabs in the left foreground disrupt the orderly interior. In 1824 Cotman had begun a series of etchings titled Liber Studiorum, which paid tribute to Turner’s famous series of 1807–9. Where Turner employed mezzotint engravers to add tone to his etched outlines, Cotman’s choice of soft-ground etching enabled him to create his p

Capel Carrig, Caernarvonshire 1838 John Sell Cotman This etching of a Welsh chapel demonstrates Cotman’s lifelong fascination with the irregularity of old buildings. Gothic arches screen a small side chapel near neatly arranged rows of heavy benches. Broken stone slabs in the left foreground disrupt the orderly interior. In 1824 Cotman had begun a series of etchings titled Liber Studiorum, which paid tribute to Turner’s famous series of 1807–9. Where Turner employed mezzotint engravers to add tone to his etched outlines, Cotman’s choice of soft-ground etching enabled him to create his prints without Capel Carrig, Caernarvonshire. Liber Studiorum: A Series of Sketches and Studies. John Sell Cotman (British, Norwich 1782–1842 London). 1838. Soft ground etching. Henry George Bohn (British, London 1796–1884 Twickenham). Prints

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