Cotmania. Vol. IV. 1929-30

Spine

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Outside front cover

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Inscription on flyleaf

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Catalogue of Etchings copied from Bodleian Library

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Transcribed letter from Dawson Turner to Gurney Turner

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Letter from Rev. E. Farrer to Kitson

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Continued letter to Kitson from ? regarding J. S. Cotman portrait in Thetford Town Hall

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Diary entries, catalogue and newspaper cuttings concerning Cotman's work

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Diary entry regarding trip to Crown Point

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Letter to Kitson from Russell James Colman of Crown Point estate

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A list of Cotman's works Kitson viewed while visiting Crown Point estate

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Continued list of works viewed at Crown Point estate

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Continued list of works viewed at Crown Point estate

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Continued list of viewed works

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Continued list of Cotman works at Crown Point

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Continued list of Cotman works at Crown Point

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Paintings and Information concerning The Associated Painters in Watercolour

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Cutting describing Cotman's 'After the Storm', and diary entries about the Clint portrait and the Fitzwilliam purchase of 'Fort St-Marcouf in the Rade de la Hougue, France'

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Letter to Kitson from Kathleen Braithwaite, 25 July 1929

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Letter to Kitson from Kathleen Braithwaite, 25 July 1929

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Continued list of paintings in Fitzwilliam Museum

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Continued list of paintings seen at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge

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Newspaper advertisement of books for sale

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Advertisement for the services of a bookseller

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Letter from Mary Mitchell arranging for Kitson to see some pencil portraits of her family done by Cotman

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Letter from Mary Mitchell arranging for Kitson to see some pencil portraits of her family done by Cotman

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Extracts about the exhibition of English artworks in Belgium.
Art critic in Times says that Cotman 'transcends all national and even European boundaries.'
{Extract from Leeds Art Gallery Minutes}
{National Portrait Gallery Trustees Report Extract}
{Newspaper Clipping}

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Newspaper clippings on the Brussels exhibition, and others on the Burlington Fine Arts Club exhibition and a collection of paintings by Edward Lear

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Visit to Wales (Chepstow, Penarth, Abergavenny) with Norman D. Lupton

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Account of Kitson's visit to Wales, where he visited: Brecon, Usk, Devil's Bridge, Dolgellau, Cader Idris, Barmouth Estuary, Harlech, Llys Bach, Tan-y-Bwlch, Port Aberglaslyn, Llyn Cwellyn, Carnarfon, Llyn Peris, Dolbardarn Castle, Llanberis, Capel Curig.

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Account of end of Kitson's visit to Wales where he visited: Capel Curig, Conway, Plas Mawr, St Asaph, Denbigh, Llangollen, Valle Crucis, Shrewsbury, Iron Bridge, Bedlam Furnace, Buildwas, Bridgnorth, Stratford and back home to Kidlington.
Account of Kitson's visit to Palser's, where he saw some very poorly varnished Cotman watercolours.

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Continued list of paintings from previous page.
Account of visit to Palser's and the paintings he saw there.
Account of Kitson's visit to Oppé and the Downman paintings he saw there.

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Kitson's account of purchasing a few drawings and meeting with Isherwood Kay. A newspaper clipping of The Fishmongers' Company livery dinner Kitson attended.

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Kitson's visit to the British Museum where he saw paintings by Geldart, and his visit to Randall Davies where he identified some duds

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Extract from Roon, a novel by Herbert Asquith (son of the Prime Minister), in which Roon hangs some Cotman paintings

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Kitson's account of late December. Met Sir Michael Sadler to discuss (successful) trading of painting with Percy Moore Turner on behalf of R. J. Colman. Visit to Ashmolean to see newly acquired Cotmans and his record of a letter from Leonard Duke about a fine sepia he found in a framing shop.

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Kitson's accounts of visiting various acquaintances to look at their Cotmans, and a visit to the British Museum to see 'Below Hardly Cross'

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Horace Porter's discovery of 60 Cotman paintings in an 18th-century cupboard from his childhood.
Hake supposing that Cotman had alopecia areata.
A card for Cotman Gallery of Fine Art.

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Letter from Alfred W. Clapham confirming the location of 'Church in Normandy' as that of Church Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau Domfront

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Kitson's visits to the British Museum to see a selection of paintings in the Manuscripts room, and to meet with Laurence Binyon, who had returned from Japan after presenting a watercolour exhibition there

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Sale of the Weetwood Estate, Leeds

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Sale of the Weetwood Estate, Leeds

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Three newspaper clippings on Laurence Binyon, Mily Possoz and Cecil Hunt, and an exhibition at the Tate Gallery

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Letter from Charles Aitken to Kitson, 5 Feb. 1930

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Letter from Hugh C. Fairfax Cholmeley thanking Kitson for a gift of an article that he had written

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Letter from Hugh C. Fairfax Cholmeley thanking Kitson for a gift of an article that he had written

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Letter from Hugh C. Fairfax Cholmeley thanking Kitson for a gift of an article that he had written

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Kitson's visit to Herbert Powell's collection of watercolours, with description of the Cotmans he saw, and three sketches

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List of paintings that Kitson saw in the Powell collection - not Cotmans.
A Christie's lot of Cotman paintings.

Page: 18 verso (numbered 32)

Letter from Henry Mendelssohn Hake to Kitson regarding the unknown identity of a portrait

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Letter from A. J. Finberg congratulating Kitson on his article in The Watercolours Annual, and requesting that he continue writing, even suggesting he write a life on Cotman. Also that he should change the name of his house to Finberg.

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Letter from A. J. Finberg congratulating Kitson on his article in The Watercolours Annual, and requesting that he continue writing, even suggesting he write a life of Cotman. Also that he should change the name of his house to Finberg.

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Kitson's account of his visit to the British Museum and Birmingham Art Gallery to see some Cristall, Varley and Cotman paintings

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Clipping from the R.I.B.A Journal of an image of The Water Tower, York, and a review of Kitson's article in the Old Water Colour Society by H M Fletcher.
Kitson's find of a couple of paintings in a French journal.

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Letter from Oppé to Kitson giving him his opinion on the article Kitson wrote for the Old Water Colour Society Journal

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Letter from Oppé to Kitson about his review of Kitson's article in Old Water Colour Society journal

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Letter to Kitson From C. F. Bell, congratulating him on his article in the Old Water Colour Society journal

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Two magazine clippings. The first about The Ploughed Field, and Dorothy Gilling's favourable reaction to it. The second about Reginald Smith's illustrations in The Striding Dales.

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Letter to Kitson from Leonard Duke, congratulating Kitson on his article in the O W S journal, and giving an impromptu list of Duke's favourite watercolour artists

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Letter to Kitson from Leonard Duke, congratulating Kitson on his article in the O W S journal, and giving an impromptu list of Duke's favourite watercolour artists

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Letter to Kitson from Leonard Duke, congratulating Kitson on his article in the O W S journal, and giving an impromptu list of Duke's favourite watercolour artists

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Letter to Kitson from Leonard Duke, congratulating Kitson on his article in the O W S journal, and giving an impromptu list of Duke's favourite watercolour artists

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Kitson's account of visiting the Victoria and Albert, a friend Edward Marsh, The British Museum, Fine Arts exhibition, and Palson, and the paintings he saw at these places

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Clipping of Robert Hawthorne Kitson's copy of 'Upton Church, Norfolk: East End' by JSC in the RIBA Journal

Page: 21 verso (numbered 38)

Kitson's account of his visit to Christie's and other places to see (and buy) paintings

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Account of Kitson's visits to Fred Meatyard's (where he bought Caernarvon Castle), British Museum, and meeting with Robert Hawthorn Kitson

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Newspaper article reviewing Kitson's article in Old Watercolour Society, and giving a biography of Cotman

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A clipping of 'Masters of Water Colour Painting' by H. M. Cundall - in which he gives a short account of Cotman's life and states that he died from a broken heart; Kitson's visits to various art dealers, and his purchase of Castle Acre Priory c. 1804

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Letter from Paul Oppé to Kitson about what Cotmans he has recently found (not many), general chit chat (asking for a postcard) and updating him on what has been happening while Kitson was away in Germany

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Letter from Oppé to Kitson updating him on what has been happening while Kitson was away in Germany

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A newspaper clipping of review of artworks in the Independent Gallery in London, a clipping of a catalogue of the same, and another newspaper clipping of Messr's Agnew's annual show

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Names of those who attended the annual dinner of the RIBA with Kitson, and a newspaper article on the same function, 1930

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Transcription of Kitson's speech at the annual RIBA dinner

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A review of the annual RIBA function, with good comments about Kitson's speech, and a toast list of the evening

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Account of Kitson's visit to the Cotswold Gallery where he saw eight pencil drawings by Cotman or a member of his family

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A newspaper article on an exhibition of watercolours at the Cotswold Gallery, including JSC, Turner and others.
Kitson's account of two visits to Christie's, where he bought Croyland Abbey (P. S. Munn) and saw JSC's Rouen in the Johnson-Ferguson Collection

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An auction list of G. D. Thomson's show of early English watercolours at the Cotman Gallery
Two Newspaper clippings about an exhibition put on by the London Artists' Association, featuring contemporary and older artworks (e.g. Philip Wilson Steer alongside Cotman and Constable)

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An extract from the catalogue of an exhibition of English landscape paintings in Corling's Galleries, and Kitson's account of visiting Norwich Castle with RIBA and attending a sale at Boswell's. Saw a collection owned by 'Dr Cotman of Chatham' whose son J. S. Cotman lent it to the Castle Museum.

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Continuation of a list of drawings that Kitson saw at Norwich Castle, which had been lent the collection by 'Dr Cotman of Chatham's' son, J. S. Cotman, a medical student

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Continuation of a list of drawings that Kitson saw at Norwich Castle, which had been lent the collection by 'Dr Cotman of Chatham's' son, J. S. Cotman, a medical student

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A list of the pictures belonging to 'the late Miss Geldart' at auction
Kitson's encounter with a painting in the corridor of Leeds University Library
Extracts from speeches boasting about Norwich

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Transcript of the toast to the city of Norwich that Kitson gave in capacity of Honorary Secretary of RIBA

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Clipping of an article in which there is a transcription of Kitson's introduction to the paintings at Crown Point. This includes a brief summary of the Norwich School of Artists, a small introduction to Turner, and a great deal of information about Cotman; a brief life history and information about which paintings to look out for.

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Material relating to the Norwich Conference Banquet

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WALKERS ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF WATER COLOURS
June 30 - 1930 - Autumn

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Two clippings, of "Mount St Catherine, Rouen" and "Fishing Boats off the Coast," by J S Cotman, with Kitson's notes regarding their provenance and who painted them

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A list of Auction Sales from various auctioneers, including the prices paid

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A list of auction sales, continued from previous page, of paintings sold at various auctioneers, including the price they fetched and other comments by Kitson
Three newspaper clippings about the sales from some of the auctions mentioned in the auction clipping

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Auction list from various auctioneers, and a newspaper clipping and an advert for an exhibition at the Cotswold Gallery

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Newspaper clippings:
{1} Article on Kitson becoming a magistrate in Oxfordshire
{2} review of J. B. Manson's 'The Tate Gallery' in the Times Literary Supplement which is negative about Cotman
{3} Loan of artworks to Tate Gallery
Auction list of some paintings at Hancomb

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Extract from Sir Frederick Wedmore's introduction to 'English Water-Colour, with reproductions of drawings by eminent painters', ed. by Charles Holme, in The Studio (1902)

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