David Cox
The river Llugwy from Pont-y-Kyfyn, near Capel Curig

The river Llugwy from Pont-y-Kyfyn, near Capel Curig

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The river Llugwy from Pont-y-Kyfyn, near Capel Curig
ArtistBritish, 1783–1859
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The river Llugwy from Pont-y-Kyfyn, near Capel Curig
Datemid-1840s
MediumWatercolor over colored pencil heightened with gouache on oatmeal paper
DimensionsSheet: 30 3/16 × 26 5/16 in. (76.7 × 66.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Drs. Ann and Tim Stout, and their family
Object number2022.58
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [London, Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1847, no. 45]; [Thos. Agnew & Sons, London, 1971]; [Guy Peppiatt Fine Arts, London, 2021–2022]; purchased by the MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistorySociety of Painters in Water Colours, 1847, no. 45 (sold for 35 guineas).

98th Annual Exhibition of Water-Colours and Drawings, London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, January 18-February 19, 1971, cat. 207, not illus.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in pen, lower left: “D. COX”
Watermark:
Recto: Bottom edge: partial ...OMONDS WYCOMBE
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