River Landscape in Wales
David Cox, an acclaimed landscape painter and author of various treatises on the techniques of watercolor, visited the picturesque Welch town of Bettsw-y-Coed frequently between 1844 and 1856. This dramatic view may represent the River Llugwy in Caernarvonshire, near Bettws. Cox swept broad washes of muted color across the large sheet (a size favored for exhibition pieces), employing the pronounced texture of the paper to achieve bold atmospheric effects.
Artwork Details
- Title: River Landscape in Wales
- Artist: David Cox (British, Birmingham 1783–1859 Harborne, near Birmingham)
- Date: ca. 1850
- Medium: Watercolor with touches of gouache (bodycolor) over black chalk on rough paper pasted onto board
- Dimensions: 18-7/8 x 28-5/8 in. (47.9 x 72.7 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Moses, 1961
- Object Number: 61.168.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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