water-colours than in oils. With Crowe and others of the Norwich school he exercised a considerable influence on British art. His son, Miles Edmund Cotman (1811-1858), painted river and sea views, but was chiefly a teacher, and succeeded him at King's College.—Redgrave; F. de Conches, 188.
COTSIERS. See Cossiers.
COTTAGE DOOR, Thomas Gainesborough,
Grosvenor House, London; canvas,
H. 3 ft. 10 in. × 4 ft. 8 in. A cottage matron,
with an infant in her arms, and several
older children around her, enjoying
themselves in front of a rustic cabin in a
woody nook. Sold in 1786 to T. Harvey, of
Catton, Norfolk; in 1807 to Mr. Coppin, of
Norwich, from whom bought by Sir John
Leicester, Bart., at whose sale (1827) bought
by Earl Grosvenor for £525. Engraved
by Scott, in Britton. Etched (1832), by Ch.
Koepping.—Brock-Arnold, 74; Fulcher,
196; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 173.
COUBERTIN, CHARLES DE, born in
Paris, April 23, 1822. Genre painter, pupil
of Picot; subjects mostly from Italian life
and history. L. of Honour, 1865. Works:
Discovery of the Laocoön in Rome in 1506
(1846); Incident of the Plague in Milan
(1851), Laval Museum; Pontifical Mass in
Rome, Roman Cardinal Walking (1857);
Ball Players in Coliseum (1859); Good Friday
in Palermo; View of the Forum, View
of the Coliseum, Luxembourg Museum;
Pigeons on Square of San Marco (1861);
Death of St. Stanislaus Kotska (1865);
Miraculous Death of St. Jean de Dieu,
Group at the Grandfather's (1879); Poet
and Muse (1881); The First Partridge, Legend
of the Via Appia (1882); Serenade at
Vicenzo (1883).
COUDER, ALEXANDRE, born in Paris,
April 16, 1808, died there in 1878. Still-life
painter, pupil of Gros, in whose studio
he first painted a few genre pictures. Medal,
3d class, 1836. L. of Honour, 1853. Works:
Return from the Fields, Bouquet of Wild
Flowers (1874); do. and Interior (1876);
Roses and Fruits (1877); Return from Market,
Grapes, Wild Flowers (1878).—Müller,
116.
COUP DE PISTOLET (Pistol Shot),
Philips Wouwerman, Buckingham Palace,
London; wood, H. 1 ft. 4 in. × 1 ft. 6 in.
Before a sutler's tent is a group of cavalry, accompanied
by women, children, and dogs;
a trooper, on a white horse, is pledging a
woman in a glass of liquor, while a trumpeter
blows his trumpet, and another trooper
discharges his pistol. Engraved by W.
Greatbach.
COUR, JANUS LA, born at Ringkjöbing,
Jutland, Sept. 5, 1837. Landscape
painter, pupil of Kiaerschon and of Copenhagen
Academy under Marstrand; won a
prize in 1861; went to Italy and Paris in
1865-67, to Switzerland and Italy in 1868-70.
Medal, Copenhagen, 1871. Member of
Copenhagen Academy in 1872. Works:
Coast View at Helgenaers (1855); Views in
the North Sea (1856); Early Summer Morning
(1861); Evening on Lake of Nemi (1871);
Oakwood Border, two others, Copenhagen
Gallery.—Sigurd Müller, 66; Weilbach,
121.
COURANT, MAURICE, born at Havre,
Nov. 8, 1847. Landscape and marine painter;
pupil of Meissonier, and studied nature
on the south coast of France. Medal, 1870.
Works: Fontaine du Pin near Antibes,
Shore of Jouan Bay (1868); Entrance to
Harbour of Antibes (1869); The great Plains
around Poissy (1870); Pond in Winter (1872),
Summer Morning (1874); Stormy Weather,
Rising Tide (1875); Getting under Sail,
Roche-aux-Mouettes (1878); Bark of Goddebi
(1881); Fishing Bark (1882).—Meyer,
Conv. Lex., xix. 177.
COURBET, GUSTAVE, born at Ornans,
(Doubs), June 10, 1819, died at Tour de Peil,
near Vevay, Jan. 1, 1878. Genre, landscape,
and portrait painter. Sent to school at Besançon
and then to study law at Paris in
1839. Attended several studios, but chiefly
that of David d'Angers. Began at an early
age to paint caricatures, especially of priests;
but did not treat landscape until 1841 at
