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Riders with Sheep near an Estuary

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts | CC0 1.0

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Date

1830

Artist

David Cox, the elder (1783-1859)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/343607

Description

Cox painted this watercolor, which may represent Traeth Mawr, near Harlech in North Wales, at mid-career, having already published an influential treatise on watercolor, made European tours, and moved to London. In the years that followed, he would translate his picturesque views into oil paintings and cultivate an increasingly sketchy style in his drawings. But at the time he prepared this watercolor, Cox favored sweeping, cleanly described views with strong hues used sparingly. Touches of brilliant blue animate the sky, while minute passages of emerald and vermilion punctuate the jacket of a standing youth and a rider’s cloak. Medium: watercolor.

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CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

Traeth Mawr, Ffordd Y Traeth, Cemaes Bay, Wales

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Agriculture
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Mammals
People
Plains
Sheep

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Landscapes & Seascapes

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