David Cox
Figures on the beach near Rye, Sussex

ArtistBritish, 1783–1859
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Figures on the beach near Rye, Sussex
Datec. 1830
MediumWatercolor over graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 6 5/8 × 10 in. (16.8 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by the Stuart Collection Endowment Fund
Object number2022.244
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; [London, Spink-Leger, 1999]; [London, Christie’s, 2002, lot 49 (£6,000)]; Private collection, United Kingdom; [Andrew Clayton Payne, London, as of 2022], purchased by the MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryLondon, Spink-Leger Pictures, “Air and distance, storm and sunshine,” Paintings, watercolours, and drawings by David Cox,” 3-26 March 1999, Cat. 10.
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