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Cotmania. Vol. XII. 1937

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/12
Page: 4 recto


  • Description

    More Cotman Discoveries - Sketches as "Backings" by S.D. Kitson (cont)

    Illustrated London News magazine image of A Watercolour of Shipping, 1801 - found to have 4 stiffeners at the back / caption with reference to previous article about stiffeners in 1936

    Date: 23 Jan 1937

  • Transcription

    {Illustrated London News magazine image of A Watercolour of Shipping, 1801 - found to have 4 stiffeners at the back}

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    {caption with reference to previous article about stiffeners in 1936 }

    1. FOUND TO HAVE FOUR "STIFFENERS" AT THE BACK, INCLUDING THE INSCRIPTION SHOWN IN NO. 2 (OPPOSITE PAGE) AND THE PORTRAIT IN NO. 6 (ADJOINING): A WATER-COLOUR OF SHIPPING SIGNED "J. S. COTMAN, 1801.")

    As recalled by Mr. Sydney Kitson in his interesting article on the opposite page, we published in our issue of September 19, 1936, several unknown sketches by John Sell Cotman, the famous Norwich artist, which had been used by him as backings for more elaborate and finished drawings, and had been detected, after more than a century, during preservation work. We also reproduced the drawings beneath which these "stiffeners" came to light. Mr. Kitson has not only identified the subject of one of these Cotman landscapes, but has also discovered a number of other examples, similarly utilised as mounts, which are here described and illustrated.

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