Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-sell-cotman-116" aria-label="More by John Sell Cotman" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Sell Cotman</a>
Drop Gate
Presented by Sir William Lancaster 1922
adults
architecture
bank
figure
gate
landscape
people
river
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
wooded
<p>This painting is one of a small group of oils thought to have been made in response to a newspaper criticism that Cotman could not draw or paint trees; three of the works, all larger than this one, were exhibited in 1827. It is not known whether the picture was based on earlier drawings or whether the scene is instead an imaginary one.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
22 July 2013 – 28 June 2014
2014-06-28
22 July 2013 – 22 September 2013
2013-09-22
2013-07-22
Compton Verney (Compton Verney, UK)
5 October 2013 – 5 January 2014
2014-01-05
2013-10-05
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
1 March 2014 – 28 June 2014
2014-06-28
2014-03-01
Laing Art Gallery (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/
2013-07-22
Capturing British Landscape in the age of Turner and Constable
Loan-out
The Drop Gate
support: 349 × 260 mm
frame: 525 × 445 × 70 mm
Presented by Sir William Lancaster 1922
<p>This <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> is one of a small group of oils thought to have been made in response to a newspaper criticism that Cotman could not draw or paint trees; three of the works, all larger than this one, were exhibited in 1827. It is not known whether the picture was based on earlier <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> or whether the scene is instead an imaginary one.</p>
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2004-09-02T00:00:00
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adults architecture bank figure gate landscape people river townscapes / man-made features water: inland wooded