Live Auction 20450Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900
DAVID COX, SEN., O.W.S. (LONDON 1783-1859)
Lot 101

DAVID COX, SEN., O.W.S. (LONDON 1783-1859)

The Salmon Trap

Closed5 July 2022

Price Realised

GBP 6,300

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

Conditions of Sale
How to sell

DAVID COX, SEN., O.W.S. (LONDON 1783-1859)
The Salmon Trap
signed 'David Cox' (lower left)
black chalk and watercolour with scratching out
20 1⁄2 x 29 3⁄8 in. (52 x 74.5 cm.)

Sir John Pender (1816-1896) by 1872; Christie's, London, 29th May 1897, lot 1 (190 gns to Agnew).
with the Graves Gallery, Birmingham.
James Gresham; Christie's, London, 12th July 1917, lot 10, (60 gns to Bowden).
Mrs Tristram Harper, Christie's, London, 8th November 1946, lot 58 (14 gns to Lonelm[?]).
and by descent until 2015.

Specialist note

The 1890 exhibition catalogue dates this watercolour to 1850 and locates it as near Bettws-y-Coed.