The Cotman Collection | 64

Cotmania. Vol. IX. 1933-4

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/9
Page: p. 28 recto


  • Description

    A listing of a donation made by Sir Michael Sadler.

    collection of English drawings presented by Michael Sadler

    Date: 1933-1934

  • Transcription

    {collection of English drawings presented by Michael Sadler}

    864 Collection of English Drawings
    Presented by Sir MICHAEL SADLER.

    Sir Michael Sadler, K.C.S.I., C.B., a member of tlie Executive Committee, lias again made an important public gift, through the Fund and the Contemporary Art Society, to the Cooper Art Gallery, Barnsley, Yorkshire, of a collection of eighty-five English drawings, studies and sketches rather than elaborately finished work, dating between 1750 and 1083.
    The Collection is based more upon personal taste than on representative character, yet opening with such names as Gainsborough, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Towne and Farington, it passes by way of Rowlandson, Dr. Monro and Thirtle to Turner, Girtin, Constable, Cotman, to the Victorian artists, David Cox, De Wint, Hunt, Lewis, Palmer, Lear, Buskin and Swann, to conclude with Steer, Sickert, John and other distinguished draughtsmen of our own day.

    1. GAINSBOROUGH, Thomas, B.A. (1727-1788.) (a) Wick Church near Bath. Charcoal. 6½ inches by 5½ inches. (b) Cottage in sandy lane. Water-colour. 11 inches by 7 7/8 inches.
    2. COZENS, Alexander. (1730-178(3.) Tree. Sepia. 6¾ inches by 4 1/8 inches.
    3. TOWNE, Francis. (1740-1810.) Tiverton. Water-colour. 15 7/8 inches by 6 7/8 inches.
    4. FARINGTON, Joseph, R.A. (1747-1821.) Yorkshire village. Pencil. 15 7/8 inches by 9 inches.
    5. SMITH, John (" Warwick "). (1749-1831.) Cilorio. Water-colour. 17½ inches by 12 inches.
    6. COZENS, John Robert. (1752-1799.) Bay of Salerno. Water-colour. 14¾ inches by 10 1/8 inches.
    7. ROWLANDSON, Thomas. (1750-1827.) Landscape with church. Wash. 7 inches by 5 ¼ inches.
    8. MONRO, Dr. Thomas. (1759-1833.) Wooded landscape. Charcoal. 7¾ inches by 5 ¼ inches.
    9. THIRTLE, John. (1744-1839.) The river at King Street, Norwich. Sepia. 15¾ inches by 10¾ inches. (Illustrated.)
    10. TURNER, Joseph Mallord William, R.A. (1775-1851.) Italian Coast town. Sepia. 18½ inches by 11¼ inches.
    11. GIRTIN, Thomas. (1773-1802.) Northern town. Water-colour. 8 3/8 inches by 5½ inches.
    12. CONSTABLE, John, R.A. (1770-1837.) The Windmill. Charcoal. 10½ inches by 8½ inches. (Illustrated.)
    13. VARLEY, John. (1778-1842.) Tree. Water-colour. 8¾| inches by 5½ inches.
    14. COTMAN, John Sell. (1782-1842.) (a) Falstaffs Tower, Caistor Castle, Norfolk. Water-colour. 13½ inches by 17½ inches, (b) Scoulton Church, Norfolk, from the West, 1809. Indian ink wash. 8 inches by 10¼ inches. (Illustrated.)
    15. COX, David. (1783-1859.) Mountains with lake. Water-colour. 22½ inches by 16½ inches.
    16. DE WINT, Peter. (1784-1849.) Atcham Church, Shrewsbury. Water-colour. 17 1/8 inches by 11 inches.
    17. TURNER, William (of Oxford). (1789-1862.) Oxford: Radcliffe Camera from Quadrangle of Brascnose College. Water-colour. 16 inches by 11¼ inches.
    18. HUNT, William Ilenry. (1790-1804.) Waterloo Bridge. Sepia. 7 7/8 inches by 5 5/8 inches.
    19. LEWIS, John Frederick. (1805-187G.) Mosque of Suleimania, Constantinople. Water-colour. 19½ inches by 14¼ inches.
    20. PALMER, Samuel. (1805-1881.) Dolwyddclan Churchyard. Pencil. 7 inches by 8 inches.

A listing of a donation made by Sir Michael Sadler.