The Cotman Letters 1804-1833

July 1st 1811.
To Sir H.C. Englefield, Baronet.
Vice President of the Society of Antiquaries and Fellow of the Royal & Linnaean Societies, etc. etc. etc

Dear Sir,
The favour with which the public have honoured these first efforts of my graver, and the kindness with which you yourself have been pleased to receive them, have so far exceeded my expectations that i have been induced to take a liberty I should not otherwise have thought of, that of sending them out under the sanction of a Dedication to you. I am aware, Sir, that your character is too well established as a most liberal & enlightened patron of everything that appertains to the arts for any praises of mine to add to it, but to me it is material that it should be known that through life I have uniformly been honoured with your patronage, & thus, while I discharge a debt of gratitude I most effectually serve my interest.
I have the honour to be, Dear Sir,
Your most obliged & most [[obedient]] devoted Servant
John Sell Cotman.

London
July 1. 1811.

Etched plate forming the [[frontispiece to]] Dedicatory Plate “Etchings by John Sell Cotman. 1811.”