Figures on the Shore, looking out to Sea, Penmaen Beach, North Wales

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2024.60
People: David Cox, British (Birmingham, England 1783 - 1859 Harborne, England)
Title: Figures on the Shore, looking out to Sea, Penmaen Beach, North Wales
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th century
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/383752

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Transparent and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions: sight: 45.2 × 69.5 cm (17 13/16 × 27 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: The artist, by descent to his granddaughter, Harriet Cox. Sale [Sotheby's, London, April 9, 1992, lot 73]. Private collection, UK. [Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, London] sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year: 2024
Object Number: 2024.60
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Drawings and Watercolours, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, April 9, 1992), lot 73, repr.

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