Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/5
Page: 50 recto
Description
Catalogue of Sir Hickman Bacon's Cotmans
Items 18-24
Date: 1929-30
Transcription
(18) Park Scene - w[ater]c[olour] (in Oppé's book) 10¼ x 13¾.
'Cotman'.
(19) ** "Blue Twilight" late. w[ater]c[olour]. 7 x 10¾.
(Sir H.B.'s name)
(20) Dark Trees (in Oppé's book) 7¼ x 10½.
(21) Moorland Scene. w[ater]c[olour] (in Oppé's book)
"Cotman"
(22) *** River & Trees w[ater]c[olour] (ex coll[ection] David Cox -) 7 x 10½.
Late. 'Maw' period. Something like 'The Shadowed Stream'.
(23) Shipping - an early seapiece. (from the Banningham Hall (& Geo. Salting) Coll[ection]s) W[ater]c[olour] - 7½ x 10½.
{Sketch of 23 by Kitson} very 'Prout-y- - shows an imperfect knowledge of ship-construction.
(24) Screen in Norwich Cath[edra]l - w[ater]c[olour] like B[ritish] M[useum] version but less colour. 13 x 8⅜.
"A Screen Norwich Cathedral", in Cotman's writing, on back.
— probably the original drawing done on the spot.