Travellers on a Highland Road

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Scotland Office, Dover House, Whitehall

David Cox the younger was born in Dulwich, south-east London, the son of the more famous David Cox the Elder (1783-1859), one of the most gifted of English landscape painters. As a result, his career was largely pre-destined, although he spent a brief time in the Navy. He accompanied his father on many sketching tours, including visits to Holland and Belgium in 1826. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1827 and assisted his father in his teaching practice until 1841, when he took over the business. Like his father, he drew much of his inspiration from North Wales, although he also painted landscapes of Scotland, the Lake District, the Home Counties and Devon.

Places

Scotland

Subjects

topography, landscape C19th, tree, donkey, mountain, Scottish, man, woman, basket, stone wall, road

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), body colour, watercolour (as object name)

Artist

David, the Younger Cox (1809 - 1885)

Title

Travellers on a Highland Road

Date

Medium

Watercolour and body colour on paper

Dimensions

height: 34.00 cm, width: 48.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's, 12 October 1976

Provenance

Sold through Christie's, London, 'English Drawings and Watercolours' sale, on 12 October 1976 (Lot 56); from which sale purchased by the Department of the Environment

GAC number

12489