Cotmania. Vol. IV. 1929-30

CROWN POINT
July 17. Went with Randall Davies to above. Saw only two sepias in morning room [& two W.Cs in drawing room. A superb sepia. Pont de l' Arche. July 11. 1818. J. S. Cotman 1822 8 x 15 1/2.
another - St Saviour Le Viscomte [sic]
another - Coutance..
a distant view of Chateau Gaillard. J. S. Cotman 1819.
Drawing room. The Watercolour - 'Inside of a Belfry'. (very good) is dated 1831.
Among the 19 in the 'Cabinetto Segretto.'
In the Marl Pit. 2 goats lying down. facing l. same as - in the engraving of Merton Hall & _ pencil.
A very jolly earlyish Still Life Baskets etc on the shore - 'J. S. Cotman '09'
A small upright 'elegant pastoral' 2 men seated on a low wall in foreground - very good. 'J. S. Cotman 1809.
A watercolour of Kirby Bedon. (cf etching)
numbered 1673 - or 1678? see Tate Gall[ery]. 1922. Cat No. 57.
Grindstone [? near Harlech R.A Exh[ibition] 1802]
signed 'J. S. Cotman'. rather badly drawn & faded.
The Gnarled Oak. [fine?] c.1804. w.c.
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In the afternoon called on L_ at the Castle who showed me some pencil drawings which had just been submitted.
(1) 'On the Ramparts at Domfort' written in M. E. C's writing - (copy of the 1032 w.c. Oppé's book)
(2) "April 23. 1827. M.C. Raby Park Durham E of Darlington". Very good copy of a dead tree with exposed roots, r. pond, l.: 3 deer, palings & wooded glen behind. Went with Mr Lto call on Mrs H. N. Holmes, Eaton R[oa]d.
Mr H. has (1) a w.c East Barsham interior of ruins like Fry's c. 1806 on sugar paper - 15 3/4 x 11. (2) St Mary's Abbey, York, w.c. reed pen, distant scenery on r. c.1825. Very 'smoothed down' - based on etching of 1811. 12 1/2 x 8. (3) St Benet's Abbey. w.c. reed pen. reeds & water in foreground. c. 1832, rather good 12 1/2 x 9

* See extract from Mrs Gunn's memorandum book July 4-8, 1832.