The Cotman Collection | 10

Cotmania. Vol. IX. 1933-4

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/9
Page: p. 4 verso


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    Pasted letter

    Letter from Leonard Duke to Sydney Kitson informing him of his acquisition of a work by P. S Munn ("On Lincoln Hill") treating the same subject as J.S Cotman's "Brick Kiln" (Coalbrookdale).

    Date: 08/08/1933

  • Transcription

    {pasted letter}

    24, King Street, Portman Square, W.

    08/08/1993

    C.F my 'Coalbrook Dale1902' by J.S.C (no 742) also a sketch, '[illegible 2 words] near Coalbrookdale' by P.S Murray, belonging to Spencer.

    Dear Kitson
    We have not me for a long time.
    This is just to let you know, in case you are interested, that I have picked up a P S Munn inscribed "On Lincoln Hill, Coalbrooke, 1802". Whatever the date I can see that it has once been dated July 1802. It is numbered 19 in top right hand corner. Size 6 3/16" x 9 3/4" (I.e size of paper. The drawing does not quite fill it). Medium, indian ink + blue wash. It is the same subject as the Brck-Kiln by JSC at Leeds. I seem to remember that you have a monochrome version by JSC.

    Yours Leonard Duke

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