A Cottage on a Hillside
David Cox, the Elder (Birmingham 1783 - Harborne 1859)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1859
Materials
Oil on panel gilt wood frame and glass
Measurements
369 x 459 x 64 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584346
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Cottage on a Hillside/Two Cottages on a Hill by David Cox the elder (Birmingham 1783 – Harborne 1859). A sketch of a cottage with washing hanging out to dry on a windy day.
Provenance
Lord Leighton (1830 - 1896) sale, Christie's, 13 July 1896, lot 308; given by Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Bt (1838-1928) to his wife Caroline (1846-1828) (inscribed on the back: CT from G O T Aug 30 1896); given with the property to the National Trust in 1941 by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Bt (1870-1958)
Credit line
Wallington, The Trevelyan Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Top centre: Oil paintings & Engravings Cleaned and Restored LAMBERT, Harry J. Jefferies Picture Frame Manufacturer CARVER, GILDER, PRINT SELLER 36, Albert Gate, Hyde Park, S.W In the High Road, Knightsbridge Old frames repaired & Re-Gilt Dealer in Old Prints Artists' Materials Bottom left: DAVID COX 308 Cottages 7 in by 10 1/2 in. Added in ink 'from the sale of Lord Leighton's Pictures July 1896. (C.T [Caroline Trevelyan] from GOT [Sir George Otto Trevelyan] Aug 30 1896)
Makers and roles
David Cox, the Elder (Birmingham 1783 - Harborne 1859), artist