The Cotman Letters 1804-1833

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To Mrs J Gunn
Irstead
July 7th 1832

My dear Madam,
Your cup of Coffee's lost - The Shield of Hastings, Earl, Bears Manche of Diamond within a Field of Pearl, which may be Diaper'd without the Herald's leave, Merely by drawing patterns on the sable sleeve; But when it's Damask'd, the pattern's raised, I was Just as we view it on fair Worstead's screen.
With great respect
Your obt servt
John S. Cotman
July 7th 1832.
P.S. This Paper is a Damask of a Water'd pattern.