FDA-D.1695-2023
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1695-2023
Object type
Identification
Title
Waiting for the Ferry
Title Type
Common name
Description
Painted landscape view showing with figures on a riverbank, two on horseback
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 200mm
width (actual size): 292mm
width (actual size): 292mm
Material
paper
watercolour
pencil
bodycolour
watercolour
pencil
bodycolour
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour over pencil with touches of bodycolour, on paper
Production
Person
Cox, David (Snr), 1783 - 1859 (Artist)
Date
c.1835
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of James Orrock (1829–1913) by 1881; Agnew's, Manchester; W/S Fine Art, London 2010; collection of Richard Henry Allen Amis (K.S. 1945-50; 1932-2018); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: Midland Counties Art Museum, Nottingham Castle, 1878 (as ‘The Ferry’, lender James Orrock); 'Works by David Cox', City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1890, catalogue number 336, as ‘The Ferry’; 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024
Exhibited: Midland Counties Art Museum, Nottingham Castle, 1878 (as ‘The Ferry’, lender James Orrock); 'Works by David Cox', City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1890, catalogue number 336, as ‘The Ferry’; 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024
