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Bolton Abbey
David Cox (British, 1783-1859)c. late 1840s-1857
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This moody, broadly painted watercolor on rough, brown paper is emblematic of David Cox’s late style. Velvety grays and greens throughout the composition shift almost imperceptibly and streaks of blue wash, describing the distant hills and sky, are pierced by a sliver of brilliant yellow at the horizon. The ruined 12th-century priory is relegated to the background, nearly lost in the twilight.
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- Title: Bolton Abbey
- Creator: David Cox (British, 1783-1859)
- Date Created: c. late 1840s-1857
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 48.8 x 75.4 cm (19 3/16 x 29 11/16 in.)
- Provenance: (sale, Victor G. Fischer Company Collection, Anderson Galleries, New York, February 19, 1912, no. 655), James Parmelee [1855-1931], Washington, DC, by descent to Alice Maury Parmelee, Alice Maury Parmelee [1866-1940], Washington, DC, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH through the Estate of James Parmelee, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.552
- Medium: watercolor with black chalk
- Inscriptions: inscribed, at lower right, in graphite: WSE; in white chalk on wood backing: June 8-03
- Fun Fact: The neighborhood where Bolton Abbey was found was one of David Cox's favorite places to paint and the church appeared as a subject throughout his works from about 1828 through 1857.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of James Parmelee
- Collection: DR - British
- Accession Number: 1940.552
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