The Cotman Collection | 89

Cotmania. Vol. III. 1928-9

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/3
Page: 28 verso, Insert 1, recto


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    Letter from M. F. Montagu Pollock giving Kitson address of Mrs Dighton Pollock, and Mrs D Pollock's obituary clipping from a newspaper glued to the letter by Kitson

    Letter from M. F. Montagu Pollock giving Kitson address of Mrs Dighton Pollock - includes Mrs D Pollock's obituary clipping from a newspaper stuck to the letter by Kitson.

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  • Transcription

    {Newspaper clipping - attached to letter}
    POLLOCK - On June 4, 1929, at 13 Kensington Park Gardens. MARGARET ANNA POLLOCK, widow of Dighton Pollock, and daughter of Lord Buckmaster, aged 36. Cremation service at 3:30 to-morrow (Thursday) at Golders Green. Memorial service, by kind permission of the Benchers, at 4:30 on Monday, June 10, at Lincoln's Inn Chapel.

    {Letter}
    May 16
    The Vineyard
    Headington Hill
    Oxford.
    My Dear Kitson
    As I said yesterday, my cousin, Dighton Pollock's widow writes that she will be delighted to show you "the two Cotmans" at any time that suits you. I did not know that he had two, but the one I have seen is certainly a beauty.
    Yours very truly
    M F Montagu Pollock.
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    Address: The Hon. Mrs Dighton Pollock
    13 Kensington Park Gardens
    W.11
    Telephone - Park 1388

Letter from M. F. Montagu Pollock giving Kitson address of Mrs Dighton Pollock, and Mrs D Pollock's obituary clipping from a newspaper glued to the letter by Kitson