FDA-D.147-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.147-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
A Windy Day with a Windmill, Figure and Dog
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Comments
David Cox senior was particularly skilled in representing stormy skies. Towards the end of his life he painted several works showing travellers struggling against windy or stormy weather to cross a landscape. This may be a study for one such work.
Other number
Pi 53
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 280mm
width (actual size): 370mm
width (actual size): 370mm
Materials & techniques note
Pencil, black chalk, grey wash
Production
Person
Cox, David (Snr), 1783 - 1859 (Attributed to)
Date
19th century
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Alan Pilkington; by whom presented/bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Bequeathed to Eton by Alan Pilkington, 1973; at Eton from 1963
