Cotmania. Vol. VII. 1931-2

NATIONAL GALLERY
TRAFALGAR SQUARE, W.C.2.
2 August 1932

Sir, O Sir – This drawing you have so wisely bought must surely contain the very essence of Cotman the landscape painter, and must too be a perfect distillation of English pastoral landscape. I say ‘must’ because I am judging from the excellent photograph you have sent me, but I can imagine the colour and light from having seen Miss Lupton’s drawing – which is obviously closely related to it. The