The Cotman Letters 1804-1833

Written on same sheet of paper as preceding.

Dear Sir,
I wished myself to assure you how much we are all pleased with the Etchings you so kindly send us, and how much we value them not only on account of their own merit, but as a testimony of the regard of one for whom we shall ever feel the truest esteem and friendship. Perhaps my praise may not be very flattering to you, but I certainly have never seen any etchings I thought nearly as soft and forcible, except some of Rembrandts (sic) Sir Harry showed me. The trees at Duncombe Park, I prefer to any, at least they strike me as most like Rembrandts (sic). The few people whom I saw in York when last there, admired them very much, though I was a little disappointed at the number subscribers added to your list. You will particularly oblige me by letting me know if you ever received the little Sums Miss Cayley and I sent you, and if there was any other sum my poor Mother had to send you. I do not know whether my Brother has not already enquired this of you, but pray have the goodness to write an answer here. A sum found in my dear Parents (sic) writing box, with “not my own” written on the envelope, makes us very anxious to know if you can throw any light on the owner of it. We are all well, and very happy here. Katharine is grown very fat, and better looking than she ever was. Harriet is grown quite stout too, and I thank God bears her bitter loss wonderfully. We have had the comfort of experiencing the greatest kindness and most flattering attentions from all our friends, and of finding our future plans almost universally approved. My two little nephews are lively