At Boulogne, France

Details

David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (1783-1859)
At Boulogne, France
signed, inscribed and dated 'at Boulogne/D.Cox 1829' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
5¾ x 8¾ in. (14.8 x 22.2 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London 5 November 1974, lot 134.
with Davis & Long, New York, where purchased for the present collection.

Exhibited

New York, Davis & Long, David Cox Drawings and Painting, 2 - 20 November 1976, no. 22.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The present watercolour was executed on the first of Cox's two trips to France in 1829. A watercolour by Cox depicting Rue Vivienne, Paris, was sold in The Collection of Monsieur and Madame Gérald Bauer; Christie's, London, 22 January 2003, lot 61, £15,143.

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