Crossing the sands, Ulverston

Details

David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (1783-1859)
Crossing the sands, Ulverston
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
8½ x 12 5/8 in. (21.6 x 32 cm.)

Provenance

Joseph Baxendale.
J. Totteridge.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 18 March 1980, lot 94.
with Anthony Reed, London.
Estate of Victor Rosen; Christie's, London, 21 March 1989, lot 120 (to Agnew's on behalf of the present owner).

Literature

G. Bauer, Le Siècle d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise, Anthèse, 1998, p. 98, pl. 122, illustrated in colour.
W. Hauptman, L'Âge d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900, Lausanne, 1999, pp. 108-109, no. 59, illustrated in colour.
G. Bauer, David Cox: 1783-1859, Précurseur des Impressionistes?, Anthèse, 2000, p. 80, illustrated in colour.

Exhibited

Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, L'Âge d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900, 22 January - 24 May 1999, no. 59.

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Lot Essay

Cox first visited Lancaster in July 1834 and returned a year later and again in 1840. From 1835 and 1847 he produced a great many watercolours and oils based on his impressions of the expansive coastal stretch. The sands that extend across the head of Morecambe Bay are indiscriminately called 'Lancaster Sands' and 'Ulverston Sands': as the town of Ulverston is near the west portion of the sands, the east portion is more correctly termed Lancaster Sands. This view can be compared to a watercolour in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, S. Wildman, David Cox 1783-1859, Birmingham, 1983, no. 49, illustrated p. 73.

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