Soldiers below Stirling Castle

Details

David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (1783-1859)
Soldiers below Stirling Castle
signed and dated 'David Cox/1836' (lower left), overmounted
pencil and watercolour with scratching out, watermark 'J.WHATMAN /1828'
4¾ x 7 in. (12.1 x 17.7 cm.)

Provenance

with Agnew's, London.
A descendant of the 2nd Viscount Bearsted, M.C.; Christie's, London, 8 April 1997, lot 59.
with Agnew's, London.

Literature

W. Hauptman, L'Âge d'Or de L'Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900, Lausanne, 1999, p. 111, no. 61, illustrated in colour.
G. Bauer, David Cox: 1783-1859, Précurseur des Impressionistes?, Anthèse, 2000, p. 89, illustrated in colour.

Exhibited

Probably London, Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1836, no. 100, as 'Stirling Castle - Evening'.
London, Agnew's, 125th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours, 1998, no. 62, illustrated in colour.
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, L'Âge d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900, 22 January - 24 May 1999, no. 61.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Cox exhibited another view of Stirling Castle at the O.W.S. in 1838 as no. 345, entitled Cavalry on the march, sold in these Rooms, 1 March 1977, lot 166. In this version the soldiers are more prominent and closer to the viewer.

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