The Cotman Collection | 21

Cotmania. Vol. IX. 1933-4

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/9
Page: Insert of p.10


  • Description

    Inserted typed Letter to Kitson from Frank Leney on headed paper with hand-written annotation

    Letter from Frank Leney to Kitson referring to two Cotman pencil drawings at Castle Museum inserted into before p. 10/ transcription of letter from General Hare to Colonel Bulwar on letter from Leney

    Date: 1933-34

  • Transcription

    Frank Leney: curator, Telephone No. 1401 Ex. 57.
    Castle Museum Norwich
    21st September 1933

    Dear Mr. Kitson,
    You may remember that i this Museum there are two pencil drawings by John Sell Cotman of "Thabley Castle". There are two drawings— one being the reverse of the other, of a curious tower with boats with sails. These drawings arrested the attention of General Hare who is living at Norwich and as he was going on a visit to Tabley he was naturally interested. I enclose a letter from him to Colonel Bulwer as I thought it would be of interest to you.

    Yours sincerely,

    Frank Leney.

    curator

    Sydney D. Kitson, Esq. Thornbury House, Kidlington, Oxon.

    /

    {handwritten transcription of letter from General Hare to Colonel Bulwar}

    " I have [illegible 1 word] this all the 'artists letters' + rough [brugh] sketches which belonged to the first Lord de Tabley (approximately from 1782-1840). But [never] once did I find any reference to Cotman—nor does [illegible 2 word] know anything of him with reference to this place ."
    [gen!] [illegible 1 word] Hare. Tabley [illegible 2 words]

Inserted typed Letter to Kitson from Frank Leney on headed paper with hand-written annotation