On the Moors - England Original Watercolor 19th Century by David Cox the Younger

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On the Moors - England Original Watercolor 19th Century
Mid 19th century watercolor of the North York Moors in Spring … Read more On the Moors - England Original Watercolor 19th Century
Mid 19th century watercolor of the North York Moors in Spring by David Cox (English, 9 July 1809 – 6 December 1885), known as David Cox the Younger, David Cox II or David Cox Jr. to distinguish him from his better-known father David Cox The elder. was an English painter in watercolor, mostly of landscapes. Has had some prior paper conservation to deacidify the paper. with a newer over-mat and cherrywood frame.
Image, 6.25"H x 9.75"W
Frame, 14.25"H x 17.5"W x .38"D
Signed "David Cox " (location notation) lower right

Born in Dulwich, London and educated at Hereford Grammar School, he was taught to paint and draw by his father David Cox the Elder, although he used a brighter colour palette than his father. As well as working around London, where made several paintings of the Norwood Gypsies and other local colour, his landscapes included Wales, Scotland, the Lake District, Devon, France, Switzerland and Italy.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1827, at the New Society of Painters in Water Colours from 1841 and the Society of Painters in Water Colours from 1848, where he would eventually exhibit 580 works. Auction records for his watercolors to $14,300. See less