The Cotman Collection | 37

Pencil sketches by J.S. Cotman

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/4/3
Page: 37


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    Pencil Sketches Page 37

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    P.4. 2⅞ x 3¾ Barge with 1 mast & Sail, man steering
    small boat in front l. above l, a
    No.75. Separate sketch of a man in small sailing boat.
    medium paper.
    \2
    P5 1⅝ x 4. one masted boat with , boat & dark
    Square sail immediately behind . boat
    No.66. in distance 2. Sea & cloud. pencil
    frame line . medium paper .
    pencil trial mark on reverse .

    P 6 31/16 x 3 1/16. 2 masted vessel, with sails.
    \205. feint & discoloured. medium paper .

    P 7 3¼ x 3⅞. 2 figures c . on a mound , barge
    \142 l . 2 figures & mast & sail in
    distance 2. thick paper. spotted.
    P 8 4 x 5. 2 masted boat with sails. Small boat
    No.230. in front. reverse . Boats.
    thickish paper .
    P 9. 1½ x 1⅝. 2 masted boat. on thick brown card .

    \1 3/16x 1 5/16.
    P 10. 1½ x 1⅝ 1 masted boat, with sail .
    \205. astern
    smaller boat behind medium paper.

    P 11 2 x 5 1/16. 2 masted boat, with small
    \203. boat astern . very thin paper.

    P 12. 3⅜ x 4¼. 1 masted barge .
    inscribed Hulk Gr & Blk on the back of
    No.90 a portion of the etching 'Middleton Tower'
    (No.L1.) Showing the sky at the left hand
    side .
    P 13. 2¼ x 3¼. Wherry with square sail. another
    No.132. in distance l. on the back of a portion of
    an etching (?) Middleton Tower (bottom
    r hand corner.)
    P 14. 3 x 2½ A two masted boat. sketch of top of
    \204. a mast, with flag l. some writing erased.
    on blank etching paper.

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