Attrib. David Cox OWS Figures on Rural Track
An original 19th-century watercolour painting, Attrib. David Cox OWS, Figures on Rural Track.
An engaging pastoral landscape bearing signature 'David Cox' at the lower left. The view is possibly in North Wales, the area most associated with David Cox's (1783–1859) later career and one for which he had deep affection. Cox's pastoral landscapes typically contain figures, two travellers here adding a narrative element to the landscape.
The painting displays Cox's looser later brushwork and atmospheric, heavy application of watercolour in places, blotted in the darks and heightened with a gum arabic wash to deepen their tone.
Dimensions: Height: 23.5cm (9.25") Width: 32cm (12.6")
Presented: In a wash line mount and gilt frame (43 x 53 cm). The painting has historically been laid down in its entirety on a backing board in order to shore up thinning to the paper in the figure area. It has then at a later date been mounted in a wash line mount and reframed by Savage Fine Art, Northampton. A name plate, presumably from the original frame, has been salvaged and secured to the new frame. Please note that to ensure safe transit, the painting will ship without glass in the frame.
Medium: Watercolour
Age: 19th-century
Signed: Signed lower left.
Inscribed: --
Dated: Dated lower left.
Condition: Some minor age toning and scattered foxing. A patch of the paper has worn through creating a small hole to right of the right-hand figure. This is not especially visible due to being historically lined by a brown-toned backing board.
Stock number: JM-984
