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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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    SD Kitson diary entry Sunday 17 May 1931, continued

    Handwritten SD Kitson diary entry Sunday May 17. 1931, continued.

    Date: 1930-31

  • Transcription

    (8)*** "Lion, on a wall in the street which leads to the entrance
    of the town of St. Michel, 1819." 5 1/2 x 3 1/2. Pencil & sepia wash. (etched) litho (or woodcut) above 'Preface' to his Norman Antiquities.
    (9) Back of Dawson Turner's house at Yarmouth, with 2 children
    playing at a swing made of whale bones 'J.S.Cotman'. 6 x 8.
    pencil. c 1814.
    (10) Early pencil sketch of a hemlock. 7 1/4 x 6.
    (11) Caenarvon Castle N.Wales. J S Cotman 2067. from the s.g. etching. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2. in the '20s
    (12) '1047 - Dormitory of St. Francis' Nunnery. Bedfordshire.
    J.S.Cotman. fairly early. 1810-16. 10 1/4 x 8. pencil.
    (13) On the Avon. Cotman. 2832. (good, but possibly J.J or M.E.)
    Kings College.
    14 x 9 3/4. pencil.
    (14) Branch of a tree. Pencil sketch, late-ish. 9 1/4 x 6 1/2.
    (15) 1832. J.S.Cotman. Crypt of Langley Abbey, drawing for
    the etching, sepia, 9 1/2 x 12 1/2, good, but not so good
    as I hoped it might be.
    (16) 'Cotman. 3069. Temple of Vesta'. 9 3/4 x 13 1/4. pencil
    borderline Case.
    (17) 'Cotman. Remains of the Temple of Jupiter. 3072.'
    rather better than above. pencil. 9 1/2 x 13.
    (18) [The Piscina] 'Great Snoring Ch/ Nfk. M.E.C. 1856.
    very good imitation of J.S.C 9 1/2 x 13.

SD Kitson diary entry Sunday 17 May 1931, continued