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Selected Works51

Museum Acquisitions

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The river Llugwy from Pont-y-Kyfyn, near Capel Curig
The river Llugwy from Pont-y-Kyfyn, near Capel Curig, 1840
Acquired 2022
Watercolor over colored pencil heightened with gouache on oatmeal paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Figures on the beach near Rye, Sussex
Figures on the beach near Rye, Sussex, 1830
Acquired 2022
Watercolor withgraphite on wove paper
Tate
Boy Opening Gate for Sheep
Boy Opening Gate for Sheep
Acquired 1945
Watercolour on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
Bolton Abbey
Bolton Abbey, 1840
Acquired 1940
watercolor with black chalk
Tate
A Welsh Funeral, Betwys-y-Coed
A Welsh Funeral, Betwys-y-Coed, 1847
Acquired 1936
Oil paint on paper
Tate
A Ship. Verso: Open Landscape
A Ship. Verso: Open Landscape
Acquired 1927
Watercolour on paper. Verso: graphite on paper
Tate
Coast Scene. Verso: Coast Scene
Coast Scene. Verso: Coast Scene
Acquired 1927
Watercolour and graphite on paper. Verso: graphite on paper
Tate
Landscape with Salmon Traps
Landscape with Salmon Traps
Acquired 1927
Crayon and watercolour on paper
Tate
Windmill
Windmill
Acquired 1927
Watercolour on board
Tate
Still Life
Still Life
Acquired 1927
Watercolour on paper
Tate
Buildings on the Banks of the Thames
Buildings on the Banks of the Thames
Acquired 1927
Watercolour on paper
Tate
Caernarvon Castle with Boats
Caernarvon Castle with Boats
Acquired 1927
Watercolour on paper
Tate
Westminster from Battersea
Westminster from Battersea
Acquired 1927
Watercolour on board
Tate
Calais: Hôtel de Guise
Calais: Hôtel de Guise, 1829
Acquired 1927
Watercolour and graphite on paper
Tate
Near the Pont d’Arcole, Paris
Near the Pont d’Arcole, Paris, 1829
Acquired 1927
Watercolour and graphite on paper
Tate
Calais: Street Scene with Lighthouse
Calais: Street Scene with Lighthouse, 1829
Acquired 1927
Graphite and watercolour on paper
Tate
Studies of Farm Hands and a Coat on a Fence. Verso: tracing of farm boy from recto
Studies of Farm Hands and a Coat on a Fence. Verso: tracing of farm boy from recto
Acquired 1927
Watercolour on paper. Verso: graphite on paper
Tate
Costume Study: Woman with Umbrella. Verso: erased figure study
Costume Study: Woman with Umbrella. Verso: erased figure study
Acquired 1927
Watercolour on paper. Verso: graphite on paper
Tate
Costume Study: Peasant Woman
Costume Study: Peasant Woman
Acquired 1927
Watercolour and graphite on paper
Tate
Sketch for ‘Crossing Lancaster Sands’
Sketch for ‘Crossing Lancaster Sands’
Acquired 1927
Ink and watercolour on paper. Verso: graphite on paper
Tate
Landscape
Landscape
Acquired 1927
Watercolour and graphite on paper
Tate
Landscape with Windmill
Landscape with Windmill
Acquired 1927
Watercolour on paper
Tate
Landscape with Windmill and Man Ploughing
Landscape with Windmill and Man Ploughing
Acquired 1927
Watercolour on paper
Tate
A Bridge
A Bridge
Acquired 1927
Watercolour on paper
Tate
Open Landscape
Open Landscape
Acquired 1927
Watercolour on paper

Previous Sales

Bonhams
David Cox (Birmingham 1783-1859) Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover, at sunset framed: 40 x 48.8cm
David Cox (Birmingham 1783-1859) Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover, at sunset framed: 40 x 48.8cm
Sold
Apr 2026
Christie's
Coastal landscape
Coastal landscape
£2,750 ($4k USD)
Nov 2010
Christie's
The fisherman - View at Bettws-y-Coed
The fisherman - View at Bettws-y-Coed
£8,962 ($12k USD)
Nov 2002
Christie's
ASKING THE WAY
ASKING THE WAY
£17,327 ($23k USD)
Jun 2002
Christie's
Watering the herd, North Wales
Watering the herd, North Wales
$4,700
Oct 2001
Christie's
A view of Cader Idris from Cymmer Abbey, Wales
A view of Cader Idris from Cymmer Abbey, Wales
$3,525
Mar 2001
Christie's
The coming storm
The coming storm
£2,820 ($4k USD)
Sep 2000
Christie's
Children fishing
Children fishing
£6,210 ($8k USD)
Mar 2000
Christie's
Milking time
Milking time
£9,200 ($12k USD)
Jun 1999
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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The river Llugwy from Pont-y-Kyfyn, near Capel Curig
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.58 · Watercolor over colored pencil heightened with gouache on oatmeal paper
The Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Drs. Ann and Tim Stout, and their family
Figures on the beach near Rye, Sussex
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.244 · Watercolor withgraphite on wove paper
The Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by The Robert Cummins Stuart and Frances Wells Stuart Endowment in honor of Philip and Melissa Koelsch, and their son John Robert K…
Journey Home
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.459.1 · Watercolor with reductive techniques and black chalk
Gift of Fern and Lewis Lowenfels, 2022
Dover Pier, Kent
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2021 · Accession 2021.15.22 · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite, with reductive techniques
Bequest of James David Draper and the Robert Isaacson Collection, 2020
St. Eustache, Paris
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2019 · Accession 2019.46 · Watercolor and graphite
Purchase, Friends of Drawings and Prints and Krugman Family Foundation Gifts, 2019
Driving Sheep in a Rocky Landscape
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.118 · Black chalk and watercolor, heightened with white gouache (bodycolor) and gum arabic
Purchase, PECO Foundation Gift, 2016
Study of Clouds (recto); Study of an Elder Bush by a Fence (verso)
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2015 · Accession 2015.612a, b · Watercolor (recto); watercolor and graphite (verso)
Purchase, PECO Foundation Gift, 2015
Study of an Antique Armchair
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.606 · Watercolor
Gift of James David Draper, 2014
On the Thames
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2005 · Accession 2005.201 · watercolor with graphite and scraping
Gift of the Painting and Drawing Society of The Cleveland Museum of Art
Clouds
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 2002 · Accession T07880 · Oil paint on paper
Presented by Professor Luke Herrmann (from the Bruce Ingram Collection) through the Art Fund 2002
Riders with Sheep near an Estuary
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2001 · Accession 2001.414 · Watercolor
Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Harry G. Sperling Fund, Anne K. and E. Powis Jones Gift, 2001
Study of Pine Trees
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1997 · Accession T08823 · Chalk on paper
Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
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Publications1

Exhibition Catalog 1

Sun, wind, and rain Author
Yale University Press · 2008
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event
death
David Cox dies
Jan 1, 1859
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birth
David Cox born
Jan 1, 1783