Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011192On the Thames
by David Cox
About the Artwork
One of the great champions of watercolor painting during the first half of the 19th century, David Cox is most celebrated for his atmospheric landscapes that convey a sense of movement and light as affected by nature. Here, translucent streaks of blue and gray in the sky suggest movement among the clouds, and small dashes of color throughout the foreground trees create a sense of rustling vegetation. Reflections on the river’s surface shimmer with light.
Provenance
?-?: Private Collection, England ?-?: (Agnew's Gallery, London) ?-2005: Harry and Nina Pollock, Cleveland Heights, OH 2005: Painting and Drawing Society, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH 2005-: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- David Cox (British, 1783–1859)
- Date
- c. 1827–29
- Medium
- watercolor with graphite and scraping
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 19.8 x 27.1 cm (7 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of the Painting and Drawing Society of The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession no.
- 2005.201
More by David Cox in museum collections
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