Live Auction 7822Cabinet d'un Amateur Européen
Christie’s roundel
Lot 328

David Cox (British, 1783-1859)

Going to the hayfield

Closed9 December 2009

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GBP 30,000–50,000

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David Cox (British, 1783-1859)
Going to the hayfield
oil on canvas
23¾ x 47¾ in. (60.4 x 121.3 cm.)

James Orrock; (his sale), Christie's, 4 June 1904, lot 78, (310 gns. to Permain, as Carting Hay.)
Sir Joseph Beecham, Bt., Huyton, Lancashire; (his sale), Christie's, 3 May 1917, lot 23, (420 gns. to his son, Henry Beecham).
Henry Beecham, Lympne Castle, Kent; (his sale), Christie's, 13 March 1925, lot 127, (180 gns. to Vicars)
with Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, no. 11495.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 July 1992, lot 69, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

This is one of Cox's largest compositions, exceeded in width only by Rhyl Sands of 1854 (Birmingham City Art Gallery). Between 1843 and 1853 Cox painted twelve compositions with this title (although the repeated leitmotif was the central figure group, which was adjusted for each version). The present picture dates from 1852.