Cotmania. Vol. IX. 1933-4

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/9
Page: p. 16 recto

Description

Journal entries and clipping of listing
Journal entries detailing trips to London galleries (including a clipping of Cotman works listed at Palser's), and the purchase of 11 Cotman sketches.
Date: 1933-1934
Transcription
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June 26 1934
Visited Palser's Gallery. His winter exhibition includes 3 Cotmans. No.9 was 40 guines a the keen sale, lot 89, he asks 52 guineas. It is a beautiful drawing- No. 10 is also in the keen sale lot 90- 34 guinea- I didn't ask his present price. No 16- is this Mrs Lothington's? Cotman's is only 16½ x 22 + I think the [Alston's] [illegible 1 word] is about the same size.

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{clipping}
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                                               J. Sell Cotman
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1. Ruined Tower and Figures 10 x 7¾
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                                           J. Sell Cotman
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2. Landscape with Figures 9 ¾ x 7¾
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                                          J. Sell Cotman
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3. "The Abbatial House" of St. Ouen,
  Rouen, demonlished 1817 22¼ x 29
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Feb 1 1934
Visited Agnew's annual watercolour show. 3 Cotmans— (1) [illegible 2 word] tomb, Norwich Cathedral—[illegible 1 word] show—where it was bougth by old agnew. (2) 'Rievaulx Abbey' (P. Oppe's — who has also some [illegible 1 word] Roman drawings on [illegible 1 word]. (3) 'Among the Hills'— a good late one whoch Agnew bought at the Derwent Wood sale + wich they have had for a long time.

Feb 2 1934
Went to Randall Davies, looked through his things, + bought 11 Cotman Seascape sketches—
went on to R.A.E Wilson's gallery, 24 Ryder St who has a show of '19th Century Paintings'— the [illegible 1 word] 'Barges at Anchor' (which was in the Bulington Fine Arts Club) was there. Lord Sandwich obtained an [option], which expired.

Feb 3—
Another customer wanted it— + will have it is Lord S fails— £6.50