Riders with sheep near an estuary

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Artist: David Cox (British, Birmingham 1783–1859 Harborne, near Birmingham)
Date: 1830
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 3/16 in. (15.5 x 23.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Harry G. Sperling Fund, Anne K. and E. Powis Jones Gift, 2001
Accession no.: 2001.414

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.