Cotmania. Vol. VII. 1931-2

Feb 19th, 1932. Rec[eive]d a letter from Paul Oppé at the Club to say that at Foster's on 17th lot 60, was a
(1) M.E.C. landscape chalk on grey. It is the oak tree with paling & stile of Gunton Park, left, ‘M E Cotman 1848’.
(2) Also a J. J. head of a girl. J S.[?] Cotman Mch 1840.
(3) A monochrome of an ecclesiastical ruin, probably Thirtle – poor. Called at Footer’s & found Crooke had bought the lot for 1.15.0. I took a taxi to Crooke & seemed[?] the girl’s head by J. J. This incidentally shows that my ‘Self portrait’ of J. S. C of ‘Mch 1841’ is definitely by J. J.
Called at Nat[ional] Gall[ery]. Kay showed me 2 drawings, pencil indian ink & blues, both inscribed on back ‘J. S. Cotman 1800’, mounted on cards, brought by a man from Bristol who said they were in the poss[essio]n of his family for 100 years. He wished to give them to the V&A. Museum. We agreed they were not good enough. Hake lunched with me.
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[Catalogue entries]
COTMAN (JOHN SELL).
1782-1842.
\31 A Castle on the Banks of a River. A turreted building with steps and low wall, figure seated by the river and cattle grazing to right. A Lunette shaped drawing in watercolour. 8½ x 12½ … … … £14 14s
\32 River Scenes. Two Studies with boats and figures. In pencil. 4⅝ x 7
£4 10s
* From the Esdaile Collection.
\33 Coast Scenes. Two studies with boats and figures. In pencil. 4¼ x 7¼
£4 10s
* From the Esdaile Collection.
[Note by Kitson] From Parson’s Catalogue, March 1932.