Carrying Vetches
David Cox, the Elder (Birmingham 1783 - Harborne 1859)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1850 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
660 x 815 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 22846
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Carrying Vetches by David Cox the elder (Birmingham 1783 – Harborne 1859), signed and dated 1850. A rural landscape with central horse and cart.
Provenance
Belonged to R.G. Reeves, then to Edward Hermon, MP (1822 – 1881) of Wyfold Court, Henley-on-Thames, at whose posthumous sale at Christie's, 13th May 1882, (£535); bought by Goupil for Antny Gibbs; purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
David Cox, the Elder (Birmingham 1783 - Harborne 1859), artist