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Cotmania. Vol. IV. 1929-30

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

  • Description

    Letter from Rev. E. Farrer to Kitson

    A letter to Kitson from Rev. E. Farrer regarding a portrait of J. S. Cotman in Thetford Town Hall. Continued on next page.

    Date: 1929

  • Transcription

    re the portrait of J. S. Cotman in the Town Hall at Thetford.
    Botesdale, Diss
    Sep. 19. 1929
    Dear Mr Kitson
    I have been to Thetford this afternoon, so had a good look at the Cotman portrait. When the photographer took the picture of it for you he took it out of the frame [and] slightly cleaned it. It looks really better than I ever saw it look before, and

Letter from Rev. E. Farrer to Kitson