Cymer Abbey, North Wales

Cymer Abbey, North Wales

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1784

David Cox (1783-1859)
View from Cymer Abbey, North Wales

Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour and stopping out
43.5 by 66.6 cm., 17 by 26 in.

Provenance:
A. Pugin, 1828;
William Everitt, 1890;
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, 1st April 1993, lot 103;
Private Collection

Exhibited:
London, Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1828, 1828, no.62 as `View from Kymmer Abbey, North Wales', bought A. Pugin for 6 gns;
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Works by David Cox, 1890, no.456

Literature:
Whitworth Wallis and Arthur Bensley Chamberlain, Catalogue of a Special Collection of Works by David Cox, 1890, p.67, no.456

Dimensions:

Height 43.5 cm / 1' 5 "
Width 66.6 cm / 2' 2 "