Cotmania. Vol. IX. 1933-4

Left Yarmouth + [turned] to Norwich, and later, in 1834 finally settled in London, where he obtained the post of Professor of Drawing at King's College, due, it is said, to his great contemporary, J. M. W Turner, who appreciated his artistic gifts—
He lived eight years longer but the [close] of his life was clouded by depression. Disatisfied that his work was not valued as he felt it deserved, [illegible 1 word] that oil painting, his favorite branch of art, was unprofitable to him to the extent he desired to practice it, in consequence of the enforced incessant [teaching] necessary to provide for his family, preyed on his mind, and he died disheartened, not forseeing that his talent would be [reapraised] later, and himself [estimated] as one of the best [illegible 1 word] of that [artistic]period at Norwich which, from the [birth] of [illegible 1 word] until the death of [illegible 1 word], lasted nearly a century'

(3) Mr D. T's [illegible 1 word] portrait of J. S.C
(4) autograph [illegible 2 words] J. S COTMAN
(5) Careful pencil study of a weed— early-ish. 4 ¼ x 3
(6) 3 sketches on 1 page— all in pencil
(a) seascape 237- Brown , [illegible 1 word], [redish], written under the sails of various craft 2 ⅜ x 3 ½
(b) horse + cart with 2 [illegible 1 word] in it 3 x 4 ¾
(c) Boy asleep on a bundle of luggage, dark green, [illegible 3 words] dark blue 4 x 6 ½
(7) a boy standing with fishing rod + bucket ' J. S Cotman 7 ¼ x 5 ¾ '
(8) *Head of a middle aged woman— 'Cotman Kings College' ? Mr J. S. C. 10 ½ x 7 ¾ — [stony] 6 B [paint]
(9) Back view of a man standing with long stick [illegible 2 words] — 'Cotman Kings College' 11x 8 ? by Mr E.C.
(10) a man in armour standing with a long sword in his hand— "Long [illegible 1 word]"— J. S. Cotman K College 9 ¾ x 6 ½.