David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (Birmingham 1783-1859)

Figures on a track on a windy day, cattle beyond

Details

David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (Birmingham 1783-1859)
Figures on a track on a windy day, cattle beyond
signed and dated 'DAVID COX/1834(?)' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out
7½ x 11½ in. (19 x 29.2 cm.)

Provenance

with The Fine Art Society, London, November 1947.

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Lot Essay

Towards the end of his life Cox produced a number of small pictures in which travellers are shown crossing open landscapes in windy or stormy weather. Comparable examples of the present watercolour can be seen in A Windy Day (Tate Gallery, no. 2666), and The Cross Roads (Birmingham City Art Gallery).

For other David Cox watercolours see lots 155 and 157-8, 161.

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