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Cotmania. Vol. II. 1927-8

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/2
Page: 49 recto


  • Description

    Visit to Erpingham Lodge

    diary entry / letter / diary entry

    Date: 3 July 1928-4 July 1928

  • Transcription

    {diary entry}
    Wednesday July 4th visited Erpingham Lodge -

    /

    {letter}
    TELEGRAMS, AYLSHAM

    ERPINGHAM LODGE,
    VIA INGWORTH,
    NORWICH.
    July 3: 1928

    Dear Mr Kitson
    I shall be in on Wednesday morning. I shall be pleased to show you & your sister our Cotmans.
    Yours truly
    E. M. Littlewood

    /

    {diary entry}
    (1) Jungfrau. watercolour. 25½ x 18
    'J.S. Cotman 1809'
    Exhibited Tate Gallery 1922 No. 138
    Lovely liquid blue sky, snow coloured snow mountain wooded slopes, & a harvest field foreground with groups of peasants - very fresh, glorious colours. Exhibited at Norwich 1810, under title 'View of Jungfrau-Horn, a glorious glacier in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland.'

Visit to Erpingham Lodge