The Terrace, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire

Details

David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (1783-1859)
The Terrace, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire
signed with initials and dated twice 'D.C. 1845' (lower left on both sheets)
black chalk and watercolour, on two joined sheets
8 1/8 x 17 3/8 in. (20.7 x 44.2 cm.)

Provenance

William Ellis.
with Leger Galleries, London, October 1995.

Exhibited

London, Spink-Leger Pictures, 'Air and distance, storm and sunshine' Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings by David Cox, 3-26 March 1999, no. 33.

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Lot Essay

Haddon Hall, the Tudor seat of the Dukes of Rutland was a popular subject for Cox. He first visited it in 1831 and executed a series of drawings in the 1830s, usually peopled by figures in period costume. However the present drawing belongs to a series executed in 1845, which concentrated on the building itself.

Cox visited Haddon Hall in May 1845 in the company of William Ellis, a friend and patron who eventually owned over 300 of the artist's works. The present drawing, made on two sheets of a sketchbook, was almost certainly one of the drawings Cox made for Ellis.

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