Cox visited France on only two occasions, once in 1829 and again in 1832. Although he painted a number of watercolours on the French coast around Calais and Boulogne, his views of Paris are extremely rare and he only exhibited six of these at the O.W.S.
St. Roch is on the rue St. Honoré and the rue St. Roch. The foundation is 14th Century and was dedicated to the saint who looked after plague victims in Italy. The first stone of the 'modern' church was laid in 1653 by Louis XIV. Funds were insufficient and a lottery was run in 1705 to raise money to finish it. The 'Lady Chapel' was designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and has a richly decorated dome. In 1719 a gift of #100,000 from a gentleman named John Law (recently converted to Catholicism) enabled the nave to be completed. The facade was done in 1736 in the 'Jesuit Style' by Robert de Cotte. Of the people buried in the Chapels are: Le Notre (garden designer), Corneille (playwright), Diderot (philosopher), and the Abbaye de l'Epée. There is a bust of Le Notre by Coysevox, frescoes by Chasseriau, paintings by le Moyne ('The Baptism of Christ' amongst others), and works by Le Sueur ('Resurrection of the Son of the Widow of Naim').
A view of Paris by Cox was sold at Sotheby's, 17 November 1983, lot 85 (#40,000).