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

Shrimpers on Lancaster Sands

Details

David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (Birmingham 1783-1859)
Shrimpers on Lancaster Sands
with inscription 'Lancaster Sands' (verso)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out
6 x 8 5/8 in. (15.2 x 22 cm.)

Provenance

Frederick Nettlefold (†); Christie's, London, 5 June 1913, lot 267 (95 gns to Agnew's).
with Agnew's, London.
A.A. Allen; Sotheby's, London, 4 April 1935, lot 36 (sold £52).

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.

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