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The Cotman Letters 1834

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/3/1/3
Page: 228


  • Description

    Extract from the diary of Francis Gibson, 18 November 1834

    Gibson has visited Cotman and praises his pencil drawings. He visits George Priestley at the Architectural Library [a bookshop].

    Date: 18/11/1834

  • Transcription

    Extract from the diary of Francis Gibson, banker, of Saffron Walden. –

    Tuesday Nov: 18, 1834. To London …… Called on Cotman; his pencil drawings most nobly square, bold, characteristic & expressive. To Priestly, Arch[itectura]l Lib[rar]y 59 High Holborn: b[ough]t 2 books on Eliz[abe]than arch[itecture] & some prints, to illustrate Lecture.

Extract from the diary of Francis Gibson, 18 November 1834