1939.304: Moorland

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1939.304

People

David Cox, British (Birmingham, England 1783 - 1859 Harborne, England)

Title

Moorland

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1846

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298490

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

Dimensions

21 x 28.5 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

G.W. Moss. Dr. Arthur T. Cabot, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1939

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Dr. Arthur T. Cabot

Accession Year

1939

Object Number

1939.304

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Marjorie B. Cohn, Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1977), pp. 19, 24, 55, 60, cat. no. 13 p. 94

Exhibition History

• Grand Loan Exhibition of Pictures from Lancashire Collections, and Exhibition of the Liverpool Society of Painters in Water-Colours and Liver Sketching Club, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Liverpool, 01/01/1886 - 07/31/1886
• Southport Centenary Exhibition, Municipal Gardens, Southport, 01/01/1892 - 12/31/1892
• Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/22/1977
• The Age of Romanticism, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/15/1986 - 05/18/1986

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