Cotmania. Vol. VIII. 1932-3

Visit with Arthur Batchelor to the Russell Colman collection at Crown Point, Norwich, 12 October 1932 (1)

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Colman collection at Crown Point (2)

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Colman collection at Crown Point (3)

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Colman collection at Crown Point (4)

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Note on Thomas Lound and sketch of Heath Scene

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Colman collection at Crown Point (5)

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Blank page

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Colman collection at Crown Point (6)

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Sketch illustrating no. 16 (Mountain Scene in Wales) on facing page

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Colman collection at Crown Point (7)

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Colman collection at Crown Point (8)

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Note relating to the facing page

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Colman collection at Crown Point (9)

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Note relating to the facing page

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Colman collection at Crown Point (10)

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Note relating to the facing page

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Colman collection at Crown Point (11)

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Colman collection at Crown Point (12)

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Colman collection at Crown Point (13)

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Colman collection at Crown Point (14)

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Colman collection at Crown Point (15)

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Colman collection at Crown Point (16)

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Colman collection at Crown Point (17) and visit to R. H. Mottram (14 Oct. 1932) to see his pencil portrait of the Rev. Pendlebury Houghton

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Note

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Visit to R. H. Mottram (continued) and visit to Cotman's house in Southtown, Yarmouth (15 Oct. 1932)

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Sketch of Cotman's house, Southtown, and visit to Barclay's Bank (Gurney & Turner's) and the Toll House

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Note on local views in Norwich Public Libraries

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Local views in Norwich Public Libraries (1)

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Local views in Norwich Public Libraries (2)

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Note

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Local views in Norwich Public Libraries (3) / Visit to Walker's Gallery to see Bulwer drawings, 21 Oct. 1932 / Mr & Mrs Cotman bring sketch of two of the figures used in The Harvest Field, 27 Oct. 1932

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Newspaper cuttings: (1) a mention of Cotman, (2) Bernard Squire's collection of early English watercolours, (3) the autumn exhibition of early English watercolours and drawings at the Squire Gallery

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Postcard from Sir Michael Sadler, 6 Nov. 1932

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Lunch with Sir Michael Sadler and visit to see the rich collection of Percy Moore Turner, 'altogether a bewildering show', 5 Nov. 1932

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Visit to Squire's Gallery and to a sale at Walker's, 7 Nov. 1932

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Visit from Percy Moore Turner, 11 Nov. 1932 / Quotation from Samuel Butler

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Entry for 'John Sell Cotman' in Frederick Wedmore's introduction to English Water-Colours (Studio, 1892) (1)

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Entry for 'John Sell Cotman' in Frederick Wedmore's introduction to English Water-Colours (Studio, 1892) (2)

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Visit to collection of John S. Cotman at Emmer Green (Reading), 24 Nov. 1932 (1)

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Notes

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Visit to collection of J. S. Cotman at Emmer Green (Reading), 24 Nov. 1932 (2)

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Notes

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Visit to collection of J. S. Cotman at Emmer Green (Reading), 24 Nov. 1932 (3)

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Visit to collection of J. S. Cotman at Emmer Green (Reading), 24 Nov. 1932 (4) / Tea with Mrs Bickmore, Oxford, 28 Nov. 1932, where Kitson sees her 'lovely' Near St Martin's at Oak, Norwich again / A landscape drawing by Rembrandt presented to the British Museum

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Meeting with Henry Mendelssohn Hake, C. F. Bell and Laurence Binyon at the British Museum, 16 Dec. 1932, concerning a possible portrait of John Sell Cotman by Horatio Beevor Love (1)

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Meeting with Henry Mendelssohn Hake, C. F. Bell and Laurence Binyon at the British Museum, 16 Dec. 1932 (2) / Exhibition at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 19 Dec. 1932, where Cotman's excellent oil Barges at Anchor is displayed / Cutting from the Sunday Times, 18 Dec. 1932, concerning this painting

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Meeting with Laurence Binyon and visit to see Cotman's The Norwich Market Place (1807) at the V & A, 20 Dec. 1932 / Exhibition of early watercolours (including three Cotmans) at Walker's Gallery

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Printed letter by Campbell Dodgson, retiring keeper at the British Museum, addressed to the subscribers to the portrait of him by Randolph Schwabe, Dec. 1932

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Letter to Kitson from Laurence Binyon, 26 Dec. 1932, concerning a photograph of a Cotman owned by SDK

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Typed catalogue of pencil sketches by John Sell Cotman in the possession of the Norwich Castle Museum bought in folio in 1932 (1)

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Typed catalogue of pencil sketches by John Sell Cotman in the possession of the Norwich Castle Museum bought in folio in 1932 (2)

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Typed catalogue of pencil sketches by John Sell Cotman in the possession of the Norwich Castle Museum bought in folio in 1932 (3)

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Typed catalogue of pencil sketches by John Sell Cotman in the possession of the Norwich Castle Museum bought in folio in 1932 (4)

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Letter to Kitson from John Sell Cotman of Reading concerning his family tree, 1 Jan. 1933 (1)

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Letter to Kitson from J. S. Cotman of Reading concerning his family tree, 1 Jan. 1933 (2)

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Transcription of notes by J. J. Cotman on his marriage and descendants

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Part of a handwritten letter, dated 7 January 1933, to Kitson from Sir Harry Wilson, KCMG, enclosing a letter from Frederick Wedmore to James Reeve and another from Colonel Leather about Poringland Oak

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Extract from a letter to James Reeve from Frederick Wedmore concerning Cotman, 18 Sept. 1874

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Letter to Kitson from T. Girtin, 1 Jan. 1933, concerning a drawing (owned by him) by Thomas Girtin or perhaps Cotman (1)

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Letter to Kitson from T. Girtin, 1 Jan. 1933 (2)

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Diary entry for 10 Jan. 1933. Visit to Mrs Girtin to see her drawing, which Kitson judges to be probably by Thomas Girtin. The Girtins also own a fine landscape of Vesuvius by J. R. Cozens. Cotman photos collected from Walker.

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Letter to Kitson from Arthur Batchelor, 11 Jan. 1933 (1)
Batchelor sends photos and describes the catalogue of the collection of Henry Holmes, Lord Mayor of Norwich

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Letter to Kitson from Arthur Batchelor, 11 Jan. 1933 (2)

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Letter to Kitson from Henry Holmes, Lord Mayor of Norwich, enclosing the catalogue of his collection of pictures by the Norwich School, 3 Jan. 1933

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Letter to Kitson from H. F. Wilson, offering a Cotman drawing, 30 Dec. 1931 (1)

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Letter to Kitson from H. F. Wilson, offering a Cotman drawing, 30 Dec. 1931 (2)

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Visit from Laurence Binyon, 17 Jan. 1933 / Letter from R. W. Sampson on Paul Nash in the Architects' Journal, 18 Jan. 1933 / Letter from Harold Isherwood Kay in the Times Literary Supplement, 26 Jan. 1933, asking for information on missing works by Cotman

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Letter to Kitson from George Clausen, suggesting a visit to see his portrait of Sir Raymond Unwin, 12 Feb. 1933 (1)

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Letter to Kitson from George Clausen, suggesting a visit to see his portrait of Sir Raymond Unwin, 12 Feb. 1933 (2)

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List of six works by Cotman, in the hand of Paul Oppé (see also next page)

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Dinner with the Oppés; Kitson takes six Cotmans to be photographed (8 Feb. 1933) / Visit to an exhibition at the Oxford Arts Club of oil paintings owned by Arthur Morrison (27 Feb. 1933)

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Cutting from the Oxford Mail, 4 March 1933, concerning an exhibition of works by W. Lyons Wilson, art master of Sedbergh School, influenced by Cotman / Report of Kitson's donation of two etchings by Cotman to the Hope Portraits Collection (History of Science Museum, Oxford)

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Sketches of those present at the RIBA annual dinner held on 3 March 1933, from the Architects' Journal, 8 March 1933 (1)

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Sketches of those present at the RIBA annual dinner held on 3 March 1933, from the Architects' Journal, 8 March 1933 (2)

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Sketches of those present at the RIBA annual dinner held on 3 March 1933, from the Architects' Journal, 8 March 1933 (1 and 2)

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Sketches of those present at the RIBA annual dinner held on 3 March 1933, from the Architects' Journal, 8 March 1933 (2): detail showing Kitson

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Exhibitions of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours (including two Cotmans) and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours: cutting from The Times, 28 March 1933

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Exhibition of the Oxford Art Society 21 March-20 April 1933, including 17 watercolours by Cotman, with a catalogue by Kitson: cuttings from the Morning Post, 20 March 1933, the Oxford Mail, 20 March 1933, and the Oxford Times, 24 March 1933

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Catalogue of the exhibition of the Oxford Art Society, 21 March-20 April 1933: front cover

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17 watercolours by Cotman from the catalogue of the exhibition of the Oxford Art Society, 21 March-20 April 1933, with titles and names of owners

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Kitson's essay on Cotman in the catalogue of the exhibition of the Oxford Art Society, 21 March-20 April 1933 (1)

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Kitson's essay on Cotman in the catalogue of the exhibition of the Oxford Art Society, 21 March-20 April 1933 (2)

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Kitson's essay on Cotman in the catalogue of the exhibition of the Oxford Art Society, 21 March-20 April 1933 (3)

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Kitson's essay on Cotman in the catalogue of the exhibition of the Oxford Art Society, 21 March-20 April 1933 (4)

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Entries for works by Cotman in Squire's catalogue, mentioned on the facing page

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Lunch with Mrs Paul Waterhouse and information on the Palgrave family (22 April 1933) / Kitson buys four Cotman paintings at Squire's Gallery and visits the Summer Exhibition of the Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours

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Extract from the RIBA Annual Report for 1932-33: Kitson's presentation to the library of about 150 letters addressed to Sir William Chambers, on which Kitson has written two articles in The Times

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Letter to Kitson from Dora E. Bulwer, 30 April [1933], asking his views on the possible sale of works by Miles Cotman and others (1)

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Letter to Kitson from Dora E. Bulwer, 30 April [1933], asking his views on the possible sale of works by Miles Cotman and others (2)

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Kitson's description of the three oil paintings mentioned in the letter from Dora E. Bulwer, 1 May 1933

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Diary entry for 12 May 1933: visit to Squire's Gallery to see a Cotman; a 'horrid' copy at Christie's; visit to Martin Hardie at the V & A: his 'Domfront' and drawings by Sir William Chambers / Robert Hawthorn Kitson's gift of two pencil drawings by J. S. Cotman to the Fitzwilliam Museum

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Exhibition of Pictures by Architects (including one by Kitson): cutting from the RIBA Journal, 13 May 1933 / Purchase of 106 drawings of J. S. Cotman by the Friends of the Norwich Castle Museum: cutting from the annual report of the National Art Collections Fund, 1933

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Kitson's two articles in The Times on William Chambers, 19 and 20 May 1933 (1)

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Kitson's two articles in The Times on William Chambers, 19 and 20 May 1933 (2)

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Kitson's two articles in The Times on William Chambers, 19 and 20 May 1933 (3)

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Kitson's two articles in The Times on William Chambers, 19 and 20 May 1933 (4)

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Kitson's two articles in The Times on William Chambers, 19 and 20 May 1933 (5) / Kitson's gift of the Chambers letters: cutting from the RIBA Journal, 27 May 1933

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Two Cotman works ('A Study of Trees', 'A Woody Landscape') in an exhibition at Squire's Gallery, May-June 1933 / Report on this exhibition in The Times, 7 June 1933 / Kitson visits Squire's Gallery, finds that the 'Study of Trees' has just been sold and sees a watercolour drawing copy of c. 1826-28 (8 June 1933)

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Elections to the RIBA council and standing committees, including Sir Giles Gilbert Scott as president and Kitson as hon. secretary: cutting from The Times, 14 June 1933

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Visit to Christie's to see an album including an early Cotman drawing of a half-timbered house (Lower Tombland, Norwich), which Kitson buys afterwards (12 June 1933); visit to Sotheby's with R. H. Kitson to see watercolours owned by the late Mr Justice [Sir Henry Alfred] McCardie [d. 26 April 1933], including works by Cotman, the Devil's Bridge and a seapiece (26 June 1933)

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Exhibitions of early English watercolours at Walker's Galleries (including works by J. S., M. E. and J. J. Cotman) and the Galleries of the Fine Art Society: cutting from The Times, 29 June 1933. J. S. Cotman's drawing of Screen in North Aisle, North Creake Church, Norfolk is mentioned.

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Exhibition of early English Watercolours at Walker's Galleries, visited by S. D. Kitson and R. H. Kitson on 26 June 1933: catalogue entries for works by J. S. Cotman and 'After J. S. Cotman', with critical descriptions by SDK

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The transformation of Leeds City Art Gallery under Dr John Rothenstein: cutting from The Times, 3 July 1933. Some new works have been acquired, the galleries have been redecorated and the existing collections have been rearranged. The history of the Gallery is outlined. 'Once inside the gallery you forget all about Leeds.' Upstairs is a collection of early English watercolours, some first-rate, including Cotman's A Ploughed Field.

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Visit to the Misses Bulwer to see works by Cotman and [William James] Müller (5 July 1533); visit to Haseley House to see the collection of watercolours of J. Leslie Wright [1862–1953] (8 July 1933)

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Report on the RIBA conference banquet, Cambridge, 23 June 1933

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Seating plan, Vintners' Hall, 13 July 1933 (1)

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Seating plan, Vintners' Hall, 13 July 1933 (2), including Sydney Kitson, seated next to Mr John S. Cotman (Court of Assistants)

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Visit to see the Cotmans' oil portrait of Mrs John Sell Cotman, which they had brought to the National Portrait Gallery; visit to the Palser Gallery (12 July 1933) / Visit to see Cotmans and other paintings owned by Mr Nettlefold, Cambridge Gate, Regent's Park, 'shown in plutocratic & vulgar surroundings' (14 July 1933)

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The Leeds Art Gallery transformed, and the results praised by Prof. W. G. Constable, Director of the Courtauld Institute: article from the Yorkshire Post, 3 July 1933

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Auction sales of works by J. S. Cotman, 1932-33 (1), at Christie's and Sotheby's, including works owned by Walter Gurney; some bought by Kitson

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Auction sales of works by J. S. Cotman, 1932-33 (2), all at Christie's, including some sold by the executors of Gilbert Lees Hardcastle

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Advertisement, by Samuel P. Codling of Nottingham, offering works by J. S. Cotman for sale

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Auction sales of works by J. S. Cotman, 1932-33 (3), at Sotheby's and Christie's, including works owned by the late Justice McCardie

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