Live Auction 7893Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours
David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (Birmingham 1783-1859)
Lot 240

David Cox, Sen., O.W.S. (Birmingham 1783-1859)

Darley Dale churchyard, Derbyshire

Closed6 December 2012

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GBP 1,250

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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.)

Specialist note

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).