John Sell Cotman

The Gleaner
c. 1824

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Sydney Decimus Kitson, 'The Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings by J.S.Cotman', 1924-1937, unpublished typescript at Leeds Art Gallery, c.1937, cat.221;

'10 3/5 x 7. The Gleaner.

Signed 'J.S.Cotman', bottom r. Drawing copy number (?) 1881, erased, bottom l.

A large watercolour (c.22 x 17) of the same subject with carts and groups of harvesters in middle distance, and distant landscape was at Lenygon's Feb: 27, now belongs to the Misses Bulwer in Sussex.

Bought from Parsons. Oct: 1927'.

• Provenance

  Parsons [dealers of Brompton Road, London], from whom bought October 1927 by Sydney Decimus Kitson;

  S.D.Kitson (1871 - 1937) bequeathed to Leeds Art Gallery and accessioned 1949;

• Published References

  Sydney Decimus Kitson, 'The Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings by J.S.Cotman', 1924-1937, unpublished typescript at Leeds Art Gallery, c.1937, cat.221;

  'Leeds City Art Galleries: Concise Catalogue', [Leeds, Leeds City Council, 1976] cat. 9.685/49;

• Related Objects

  A large watercolour of same subject (c22 x 17) with carts and groups of harvesters, Knygon's Feb 1927, then in Misses Bulwer collection, but presently untraced;

  Portraits of 'Ann, Mrs John Sell Cotman', Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : L1993.4 and NWHCM : 1952.195)

  A drawing of 'A ?girl, rowing' in the Leeds collection LEEAG.1949.0009.0557);

• Inscriptions

  "J.S.Cotman" pencil, bottom right.
  (1881?) erased bottom left.

• Alternate Numbers

  Other number: 9.685/49
  Previous Number: LEEAG.PA.1949.0009.0685
  Negative Number: 865/42(12A)
  Kitson Number: KITSON.221