The Cotman Collection | 18

Cotmania. Vol. X. 1934-5

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/10
Page: 9 verso

  • Description

    A letter from Frank Leney, Curator at Castle Museum in Norwich, to Sydney Kitson

    Letter notifying Kitson that the art gallery had recently received a Cotman water colour "A Castle in Normandy"

    Date: 1934-1935

  • Transcription

    {letter}
    Frank Leney Castle Museum.
    Curator Norwich

    TELEPHONE N0.1401 Ex.57. 2nd. April. 1935

    Dear Mr. Kitson,
    You will I know be very pleased to hear that the Art Gallery has just received the gift of a beautifully fresh Cotman water colour drawing. The subject is "A Castle in Normandy" and it is a glorious riot of blue and yellow. The drawing itself was mounted on a very poor piece of card which has now been removed but I thought it might interest you to know that the number 13 appears in the corner of the mount also the sum 4 Gs.
    Yours sincerely
    Frank Leney
    Curator.

    Sydney D. Kitson, Esq.
    Thornbury House
    Kidlington
    Oxon.

A letter from Frank Leney, Curator at Castle Museum in Norwich, to Sydney Kitson