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Cotmania. Vol. VII. 1931-2

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/7
Page: Inserted after fol. 13

  • Description

    Letter to Kitson from H. Isherwood Kay

    Letter concerning two possible Cotman watercolours: see fol. 13v

    Date: 1932

  • Transcription

    NATIONAL GALLERY
    TRAFALGAR SQUARE, W.C.2
    15.II.1932
    My dear Kitson,
    Basil Long, who probably hopes for the best so far as the Museum is concerned, has sent on to me a man from Bristol with two water colour drawings, mounted on cards each of which is inscribed on the back: J. S. Cotman 1800.
    The owner has left them with me for a week or two and I wonder whether

Letter to Kitson from H. Isherwood Kay