The Cotman Collection | 75

Cotmania. Vol. VII. 1931-2

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/7
Page: 24 recto


  • Description

    Works owned by Mr & Mrs John Sell Cotman

    List of works by John Sell Cotman and others owned by Mr & Mrs John Sell Cotman, near Reading (32-40)

    Date: 1932

  • Transcription

    (32)** Walsoken Ch[urch] Tower from S. W.
    Watercolour from Cotman family sale 1862, when bought by Reeve. c 1807-1809. 14 x 9¾, in spotty condition.
    (33) A sea-piece, watercolour, 8½ x 13⅜, ? if by Bentley.
    (34)* A seapiece, watercolour, 12¾ x 15¼.
    Sea very green, sky blue, fishing boat left, man-of-war r[ight] in distance, c. 1830.
    cf. the one in V&A Museum, & another in Agnew’s possession.
    (35) { Postwick Grove (?) Watercolour, 2¼ x 4⅛. (?) M. E. C.
    (36) { On a river. d[itt]o 2⅝ x 3¾. d[itt]o.
    (37) A Cottage on a Shore, watercolour w[ith] much pencil showing, vigorous. “J. J. Cotman 1872.”
    (38) Woman with a basket on her head, walking l[eft]. ‘120’, 10¼ x 7½, watercolour, c 1807.
    (39) A profile bust looking l[eft]. ? portrait of J. S. C. c. 1812. [Sketch by Kitson with signature J. S. Cotman] high stock, black coat, close curly hair, 8⅛ x 6¾, watercolour.
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    Spare room (1st floor.)
    **** (40) Oil painting of Mrs J. S. C by Cotman, c. 1815. Profile to left, as in the pencil portraits, on mill-board 21½ x 15¾, in poor condition: a splendid picture with admirable technique.

Works owned by Mr & Mrs John Sell Cotman