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David Cox, R.W.S.
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- David Cox, R.W.S.
- Chatsworth from the West
- later inscribed David Cox on the reverse, inscribed L.C.F. Cavendish from Sybella Lady Lyttleton/ DAVID COX/ Chatsworth from the W. on a label on the reverse of the backboard
- watercolor with pen and brown ink over traces of pencil on card. Together with David Cox, The Thames Estuary with Fishermen, watercolor over pencil with scratching out. 2 works.
Provenance
The first: Sybella Harriet Clive (1836-1900), second wife of George Lett, Baron Lyttleton
By whom given to her step-daughter Lady Lucy Cavendish (d.1925)
Mrs L.E. Beecher
Hamill and Barker, Chicago
Acquired from the above
The second: P. & D. Colnaghi, London
Davis & Long Company, New York
Acquired from the above, 1976
Exhibited
The first: Yale 2010, no. 45
The second: New York, Davis & Long Company, English Watercolors and Drawings, March 1976, no. DL-633
London, Anthony Reed, The Manning Gallery and New York, Davis & Long Company, David Cox: Drawings and Paintings, September- November, 1976, no. 9
New York, Davis & Langdale Company, British Drawings, 1760-1925, A Loan Exhibition, May, 1985, no. 33
Morgan 2001, no. 87
Yale 2010, no. 119
Condition
The first: Chatsworth from the West: The sheet has been carefully preserved and presented. The work is not been laid down. There is some minor surface dirt overall and there is minor staining at the sheet edges and the watercolor pigments may have faded slightly. The second: The Thames Estuary: This work has been carefully preserved and presented. The sheet is laid down. There is some staining to the sheet overall as a result of previous mounting against an acidic backboard. There is some surface dirt overall. The colour tones appear to have faded slightly overall.
For further information on this lot please contact either Mark Griffith-Jones (mark.griffithjones@sothebys.com - 0044207 293 5083), Emmeline Hallmark (emmeline.hallmark@sothebys.com - 0044207 293 5407) or Nancy Bialler (nancy.bialler@sothebys.com - 001 212 606 7222).
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.