Moorland Scene
Moorland Scene
Moorland SceneSigned and dated 1858 lower leftWatercolour over pencil heightened with stopping out on oatmeal paper26.8 by 37 cm, 10 ¾ by 14 ½ in.Drawn by the 75 year old David Cox in 1858, this is one of his last known works and shows the artist at his most atmospheric and impressionist. Other works from 1858 are more precisely dated - `Scene in a Lane' (British Museum) is dated 29th April 1858 and `Crossing the Moor' (Rhode Island School of Design) `September 1858' (see Scott Wilcox, Sun, Wind, and Rain - The Art of David Cox, 2008, nos. 120 and 121, ill. p.236).){kind=link}
David Cox O.W.S. (1783-1859)
Moorland Scene
Signed and dated 1858 lower left
Watercolour over pencil heightened with stopping out on oatmeal paper
26.8 by 37 cm, 10 ¾ by 14 ½ in.
Drawn by the 75 year old David Cox in 1858, this is one of his last known works and shows the artist at his most atmospheric and impressionist. Other works from 1858 are more precisely dated - `Scene in a Lane' (British Museum) is dated 29th April 1858 and `Crossing the Moor' (Rhode Island School of Design) `September 1858' (see Scott Wilcox, Sun, Wind, and Rain - The Art of David Cox, 2008, nos. 120 and 121, ill. p.236).