FDA-D.1696-2023
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1696-2023
Object type
Identification
Title
Crossing the Sands, Ulverston
Title Type
Common name
Description
Painted landscape view including figures, some on horseback, in a sandy landscape; two horse-drawn carts in the middleground
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 220mm
width (actual size): 320mm
width (actual size): 320mm
Material
paper
watercolour
pencil
watercolour
pencil
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour over pencil on paper
Production
Person
Cox, David (Snr), 1783 - 1859 (Artist)
Date
1835
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Joseph Baxendale; collection of I. Totteridge; 'Important English Drawings and Watercolours', Christie's, London, 18 March 1980, Lot 94, as ‘Carts and Travellers on Lancaster Sands; Andrew Wyld, London 1980; collection of Victor Rosen; his posthumous sale; Christie's, London, 21 March 1989, Lot 120; bought by Agnew's; 'The Collection of Monsieur et Madame Gérald Bauer: British Watercolours from the Golden Age', Christie’s, London, 22 January 2003, Lot 28; '131st Annual Exhibition', Agnew’s, London 2004; from whom purchased by Richard Amis; collection of Richard Henry Allen Amis (K.S. 1945-50; 1932-2018); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'l'Age d'Or d'Aquarelle Anglaise, 1770–1900', Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland, 22 January to 24 May 1999, catalogue number 59; 'Watercolours & Drawings, 131th Annual Exhibition', Agnew’s, London, 25 February to 19 March 2004; 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024
Exhibited: 'l'Age d'Or d'Aquarelle Anglaise, 1770–1900', Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland, 22 January to 24 May 1999, catalogue number 59; 'Watercolours & Drawings, 131th Annual Exhibition', Agnew’s, London, 25 February to 19 March 2004; 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024
