An original watercolor by David Cox, signed and dated 1851 at the lower left. It shows the ruined keep of a castle with two figures seated at its foot, cows watering at the ford and a sky of high cloud over the bluish hills.
An original watercolor by David Cox, signed and dated 1851 at the lower left. It shows the ruined keep of a castle with two figures seated at its foot, cows watering at the ford and a sky of high cloud over the bluish hills.
David Cox (1783-1859) was perhaps the finest watercolorist of the English school of the 19th century; the sheets of his last years, such as this one, are marked by the loose handling and the coarse paper he himself made popular.
Medium: watercolor on paper
Artist: David Cox the elder (1783-1859)
Date: 1851
Dimensions: 13.2 x 8.7 in (33.5 x 22 cm)
Condition: good overall, with a small area of paper damage in the left margin