Lot Essay
The present watercolour demonstrates the beginnings of his mature style, with its bold brushwork and energetic pencil line and is typical of the work Cox was producing in the mid 1830s.
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Figures walking on a country track
Details
David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (Birmingham 1783-1859)
Figures walking on a country track
signed and dated 'David Cox/1834' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour, on paper
7¼ x 10.5/8 in. (18.4 x 27 cm.)
Figures walking on a country track
signed and dated 'David Cox/1834' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour, on paper
7¼ x 10.5/8 in. (18.4 x 27 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 November 1990, lot 128.
Brought to you by
Katharine Cooke