The Cotman Collection | 4

Pencil sketches by J.S. Cotman

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


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    Pencil Sketches Page 4

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    B 3. 4 x 7. Slightly tinted (cream) thin paper.
    Study for a picture. Brig (3 masted) in
    middle distance .l. 1 masted smack
    No. 65. with flag flying in foreground on r. with
    Cloud behind.

    B. 4. 3⅞ x 4⅜. green edged paper. Sail stretched
    No. 122. over timber frame & an anchor.
    Writing erased [? a date]

    B. 5. 3 ½ x 5 ½. Yellow edged sketch book. water mark-11.
    2 men seated on timber & sails (?) with
    No. 86. fishing nets below. Above a man's head in
    Cap (upside down) writing (erased)
    “Coat blue”[?]

    B. 6. 3⅛ x 4⅜ green edged sketch book. water mark
    T.BA: Old boat & other objects on board. Writing
    IE (Erased) “/21 Sketch [ ] …....... boat”
    No. 225.

    B. 7. 3 ¼ x 3 ½. Yellow edged sketch book. 2 Small Sketches
    No. 151. Eached framed by pencil line. Upper Sketch, a man
    in a boat inscribed [ ]. The lower
    Sketch, 2 men in boat with a bulloch's carcase.
    Inscribed 'Ship's Beef'.

    B 8. 3⅛ x 5⅛ a broken cheese on a plate.
    Inscribed 'Breaking up of the Old Christine'
    No. 85 off Hambro Point, Custom House.
    Yellow edged sketch book
    Water mark of 1825.