Cotmania. Vol. VII. 1931-2

(8) *Windmills. £60. Mrs M. M. McCandlish. (Sister of L.G.F.) Fox Lydiate, Reddish, B’ham
[L.G.F has a photo prob[ably] f[ull] s[ize] 7½ x 11½. Variant of the Lincolnshire Draining Mill. Scarlet (?) figures sitting in foreground – 1828-31 period.
(9) Fishing Boats off Yarmouth. £50. Dr L. S. Fry[,] Theydon Bois.
[The one bought by Gibson from J. S. C now thought to be a M. E. C?]
(10) *Woods. Rokeby Park. £30. Mrs Hugo Mallet[,] 14 St James’ Square[,] Bath.
[Another of the Greta series. L. G. F. has a photo, prob[ably] f[ull] s[ize] 11 x 9¾, unsigned, looks lovely.]
(11) Garden Scene & Figures. £50 Mrs Mallet.
[L. G. F. says a large drawing, with figures, 18th cent[ury], walking about in a great garden, vivid sky, tall exaggerated trees, 1831 period, c 18 x 24.
(12) Middleton Town. (sepia) £12. L. G. F.
[Ex[cursion]s thro[ugh] N[or]f[ol]k 8½ x 7.]
(12) [sic] Castle, New Buckingham. (sepia) £10. L. G. F.
[Ex[cursion]s thro[ugh] N[or]f[ol]k 6½ x 10¼.]
(13) Holt Heath. (sepia) £15. L. G. F.
[Ex[cursion]s thro[ugh] N[or]f[ol]k 6¾ x 11¼.]
(14) Fishing Boats & Old Hulks. £85 Dr L. S. Fry.
Watercolours.
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Extract from Francis Gibson’s Diary.
Tues: Nov: 18, 1834. “To London. . . . . Called on Cotman: his pencil drawings most nobly square, bold, characteristic & expressive”.