Lot Essay
The 1890 exhibition catalogue dates this watercolour to 1850 and locates it as near Bettws-y-Coed.
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The Salmon Trap
Details
DAVID COX, SEN., O.W.S. (LONDON 1783-1859)
The Salmon Trap
signed 'David Cox' (lower left)
black chalk and watercolour with scratching out
20 1⁄2 x 29 3⁄8 in. (52 x 74.5 cm.)
The Salmon Trap
signed 'David Cox' (lower left)
black chalk and watercolour with scratching out
20 1⁄2 x 29 3⁄8 in. (52 x 74.5 cm.)
Provenance
Sir John Pender (1816-1896) by 1872; Christie's, London, 29th May 1897, lot 1 (190 gns to Agnew).
with the Graves Gallery, Birmingham.
James Gresham; Christie's, London, 12th July 1917, lot 10, (60 gns to Bowden).
Mrs Tristram Harper, Christie's, London, 8th November 1946, lot 58 (14 gns to Lonelm[?]).
and by descent until 2015.
with the Graves Gallery, Birmingham.
James Gresham; Christie's, London, 12th July 1917, lot 10, (60 gns to Bowden).
Mrs Tristram Harper, Christie's, London, 8th November 1946, lot 58 (14 gns to Lonelm[?]).
and by descent until 2015.
Literature
N. Neil Solly, Memoir of the Life of David Cox, 1873, p. 280-1.
W. Wallis and A.B. Chamberlain, Catalogue of a Special Collection of Works by David Cox, 1890, no. 214, p.39.
W. Wallis and A.B. Chamberlain, Catalogue of a Special Collection of Works by David Cox, 1890, no. 214, p.39.
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