Shrimpers near a Beached Ship at Low Tide
Shrimpers near a Beached Ship at Low Tide
David Cox (1783-1859)
Shrimpers near a Beached Ship at Low Tide
Watercolour
11.6 by 17.8 cm., 4 ½ by 7 in.
Provenance:
John B. Manly, 1890;
With the Cotman Gallery, Birmingham as `Calais Sands';
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 31st March 1999, lot 134;
Private collection, Switzerland;
Private collection, London
Exhibited:
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, David Cox Exhibition, 1890, no. 297 as `Sea-Shore'
This watercolour which dates from the 1830s may be a view on Calais Sands. Cox visited the Continent on three occasions - to Belgium and Holland in 1826 and to Northern France in 1829 and 1832.