The Cotman Collection | 93

Cotmania. Vol. VIII. 1932-3

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/8
Page: 53 recto


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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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    May 12, 1933. Called at Squire's Gallery to see an early pencil & i. i. wash drawing by Cotman (c 8 x 12) of an old oak tree, v[er]y like my upright, but softer & better in quality: he was asking 12½ g[uinea]s for it: too much.
    Called at Christie's - a very horrid sepia upright, 'Ch[urch] in N[orman]dy', in foul condition, a copy. [...]
    Called on Martin Hardie at V & A Museum. Saw his 'Domfront'. [...]
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    A tinted drawing of A Boat-builder's Yard, almost identical with our no. 758, regarded as a very early work by Girtin, has been given for purposes of comparison by Mr L. G. Duke. Both drawings were probably made at one of Dr Monro's evening gatherings. Mr R. H. Kitson, of Pembroke College, has given two pencil drawings by J. S. Cotman.
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    From the Annual Report of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1933.

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