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Cotmania. Vol. VI. 1930-31

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/6
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  • Description

    Sir R. Witt's Collection (cont'd); Lithographs of J.S.C.'s pencil drawings by Vincent Brooks

    Robert Witt's Collection of photographs - continued

    Date: 1930-31

  • Transcription

    Sir R. Witt's Coll. (cont'd)
    (21) oil. A Stormy Evening. 34in x 44in. Dowdeswell.
    Heinemann. Munich. 1912 - Bad dud-
    (22) oil. Landscape with Buildings. 28 3/4 x 35 1/2.
    Widener Coll: Philadelphia. (Gledstane's Coll[ectio]n)
    A nice picture of the Norwich School. (?) Stark.
    (23) oil. Buildings & Rocks. Rev: W.T. Saward.
    (24) oil. Windmills. "J.S.C. 1825." Arthur Kay Esq
    Not unlike Christie's- may be genuine.
    *(25) oil. A Cottage Gable. - Peterson. 1927.

    Those marked * may be by Cotman.
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    Lithographs of J.S.C's pencil drawings by Vincent Brooks.
    (1) A town, bridge, water & a boy fishing. 'Cotman'.
    (2) 'On the Severn. Cotman'. (tower bridge & water.)
    (3) 'Fecamp. Cotman'. building with shrine & 2 figures
    kneeling - reverse of Paterson's drawing - upright.
    (4) 'Fountains Abbey Yorkshire. 1838. J.S.Cotman'. upright.
    (5) A boat with 'Dawson Yarmouth' painted on, & a smaller
    boat with 'Tom' - 'Cotman' - horizontal.
    (6) A doorway with relief over of a man being torn from his
    horse by a lion. 'J.S.Cotman' - upright.

Sir R. Witt's Collection (cont'd); Lithographs of J.S.C.'s pencil drawings by Vincent Brooks