Cotmania. Vol. VI. 1930-31

Telephone: 19 Pembridge Gardens
Park 0881. W.2.
Oct 8th 1930
Dear Mr Kitson

It was most kind of you to think of
Sending me that remarkable extract from a
letter of Cotman's. I did not know of it: guessed
his connexion with Bourdon simply from the [ ].
Lastly in technique, and am naturally pleased
to have this documentary confirmation. But
what a wild fellow he must have been when
he was working one of his moods of depression!
As to his Bourdon influence at an earlier
period. The Return of The Ark belonged to Sir
George Beaumont who was the friend & patron
of so many artists (including Cotmans youthful