Live Auction 21397Old Master & British Drawings
DAVID COX, O.W.S. (BIRMINGHAM 1783-1859)
Lot 72 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

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

Penmaenmawr, North Wales

Closed26 January 2023

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DAVID COX, O.W.S. (BIRMINGHAM 1783-1859)
Penmaenmawr, North Wales
signed and dated ‘David Cox /1853’ (lower left)
pencil and watercolor, heightened with bodycolor on oatmeal paper
10 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. (27.3 x 37.2 cm)

with John Manning Gallery, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 16 November 2006, lot 99.
with Guy Peppiatt, London, where purchased for the present collection.

Specialist note

By 1852 Cox’s sketching trips had been reduced to only North Wales, and he had returned to the landscapes which had inspired him throughout his career. His work in the 1850s is looser and freer than his earlier style, focused increasingly on light and atmosphere.