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Apart from his brother-in-law John Sell Cotman, `Thirtle was by far the best watercolourist among the Norwich artists’ (Huon Mallalieu, The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920, 2002, vol. II, p.212).
Born in Norwich, he was apprenticed to a London framer, returning to Norwich in circa 1800 and setting up in business as a framer as well as an artist and drawing tutor. He was a founder of the Norwich Society in 1803 and exhibited from 1805.
A sketch by Thirtle in the Castle Museum, Norwich has similar boats and figures (see Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton, John Thirtle - Drawings in Norwich Castle Museum, 1977, p.62, no.95, ill. plate 46).
This watercolour belonged to Harry Littlewood, a distinguished surgeon, who left a number of works by John Sell Cotman to the Norwich Castle Museum
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image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art
Location
Norfolk, England
Country
England
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