Original hand-colored steel engraving, about 1850, with a shore scene at low tide: a team of horses hauling the cart beside a beached barge with reddish sails, while figures gather the load on the sand. Engraved by R. Brandard after a work by David Cox.
Original hand-colored steel engraving, about 1850, with a shore scene at low tide: a team of horses hauling the cart beside a beached barge with reddish sails, while figures gather the load on the sand. Engraved by R. Brandard after a work by David Cox.
David Cox (1783-1859) was one of the great English landscape watercolorists, and Robert Brandard (1805-1862) ranks among the best steel engravers of his generation, much sought after to translate Turner and Cox himself.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored
Artist / after: David Cox (1783-1859)
Engraver / lithographer: Robert Brandard (1805-1862)
Date: About 1850
Dimensions: 4.1 x 5.9 in (10.5 x 15 cm)
Condition: Fair. Mounted in a mat and glued to card; clean paper, with no noticeable stains.