David I Cox

David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (Birmingham 1783-1859) Darley Dale churchyard, Derbyshire signed and dated 'David Cox. 1856' (lower left) and indistinctly inscribed and numbered '.../56' (upper left) watercolour, on oatmeal paper 10½ x 14½ in. (26.7 x 36.9 cm.) Several views of this churchyard, with its famous ancient yew, are known, including an undated chalk and wash drawing in the Ashmolean Museum and the watercolour shown at the Old Water-Colour Society in the last year of Cox's life (Worcester Art Gallery).

David Cox Snr. O.W.S. (British, 1783-1859) The young James II holding an orange pencil and watercolour 20 x 13cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/8in). This is a study after Van Dyck's portrait of the Stuart children. PROVENANCE: With Anthony Reed, 3 Cork St., London W1X 1HA. EXHIBITED: Anthony Reed: David Cox Exhibition, Autumn 1976, Cat. No. 55. Davis & Long Company, 746 Maddison Avenue, New York: David Cox, Drawings & Paintings, Nov 2 - Nov 20, 1976, Cat. No. 55.

Description British School, 19th C., Mountainous River Landscape, watercolor on paper, bearing the signature lower left 'David Cox.' Framed. (GOOD102){LJS} Sight: 11 1/4" H x 17" W, Framed: 20 1/2" H x 26 1/2" W Condition Framed. Not examined out of frame, which has antique gold mat. Spots of foxing and staining, most notably in sky. Matburn, and paper toned.

David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (Birmingham 1783-1859) Darley Dale churchyard, Derbyshire signed and dated 'David Cox. 1856' (lower left) and indistinctly inscribed and numbered '.../56' (upper left) watercolour, on oatmeal paper 10½ x 14½ in. (26.7 x 36.9 cm.) Several views of this churchyard, with its famous ancient yew, are known, including an undated chalk and wash drawing in the Ashmolean Museum and the watercolour shown at the Old Water-Colour Society in the last year of his life (Worcester Art Gallery).

Lot Description David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (Birmingham 1783-1859) Bodelwyddan near St Asaph in the Vale of Clwyd, North Wales inscribed 'Bodllwyddon...St Asaph' (on the reverse) and inscribed again 'Bodllwyddon/[N r ] S t Asaph' (on a fragment of the old mount attached to the backboard) pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of white and with scratching out on paper 13¾ x 20¾ in. (34.9 x 52.7 cm.) Lot Condition Report I confirm that I have read this Important Notice and agree to its terms. View Condition Report Exhibited London, W/S Fine Art, Winter 2007, no. 50. View Lot Notes › Cox made a tour of North Wales in the mid-1830s to make drawings for William Roscoe's Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales (1836), but he does not appear to have visited Bodelwyddan or St Asaph on that occasion. He did visit St Asaph with the young Harry Johnson in July 1844. In 1846 he exhibited a large oil The Vale of Clwyd, which was painted in the vicinity (N. Neal Solly, Memoir of David Cox, 1873, pp. 189-90). In 1858, towards the end of his life, he exhibited a Vale of Clwyd near St Asaph at the Old Water-Colour Society (ibid., p. 291).