A landscape at dusk with a woman and child walking home, possibly Clapham Common

Details

David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (1783-1859)
A landscape at dusk with a woman and child walking home, possibly Clapham Common
signed 'D. Cox' and indistinctly dated '1812' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
6½ x 13¾ in. (16.7 x 34.9 cm.)

Provenance

with Anthony Reed, London.

Literature

G. Bauer, Le Siècle d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise, Anthèse, 1998, p. 103, pl. 133, illustrated in colour.
W. Hauptman, L'Âge d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900 Lausanne, 1999, p. 104, no. 54, illustrated in colour.
G. Bauer, David Cox: 1783-1859, Précurseur des Impressionistes?, Anthèse, 2000, p. 98, illustrated in colour.

Exhibited

New York, Davis & Langdale Company Inc., and London, Anthony Reed, David Cox 1783-1858, 1983, no. 7.
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, L'Âge d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900, 22 January-24 May 1999, no. 54.

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Lot Essay

As Solly wrote in his Memoir of the Life of David Cox, London, 1873, p. 17 '[Cox] considered for some time whether he should apply to John Varley, John Glover or William Havell. Finally he determined to apply to Varley and he often said, in after life, how much he rejoiced that he came to that decision'. The present watercolour is an early work by the artist when he was under Varley's influence. At this time London was a principal source of subject matter for the artist, and the present watercolour has been tentatively identified as Clapham Common.

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