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

ArtistBritish, 1783–1859
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)
Frame (inner): 36 1/16 × 31 7/8 in. (91.6 × 81 cm)
Frame: 38 9/16 × 34 5/16 × 13/16 in. (98 × 87.2 × 2 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Philip and Melissa Koelsch
Object number2022.58
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; [London, Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1847, no. 45]; [London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, London, 1971]; [Guy Peppiatt Fine Arts, 2021-2022]; purchased by the MFAH, 2022
Exhibition HistoryLondon, Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1847, no.45, sold for 35 guineas.

London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, 18th January to 19th February 1971, lot 207.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in pen, lower left: “D. COX”

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