1893 - 1938
He edited letters written by John Sell Cotman during his sketching tours in Normandy in 1817, 1818 and 1820 for the Walpole Soc.
Employed by the National Gallery from 1919 until his death in 1938, Kay contributed to a variety of art magazines including The Burlington Magazine and The Connoisseur. Two of his most noted articles are 'John Sell Cotman's Letters from Normandy' in the Walpole Society Annual, 1926 and 1927, and 'A Survey of Spanish Painting' (Monograph) in The Burlington Magazine, 1927. Many of his papers were given to the National Gallery but the location of his Cotman papers are unknown.
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