Cottage in Herefordshire

  • Art movementBirmingham School
  • Creation date1820
  • Dimensions16.0 x 24.0 cm
  • MuseumYale Center for British Art

david cox the elder (1783 – 1859)

David Cox (1783-1859) was a pivotal English landscape painter of the Birmingham School, renowned for his emotive watercolours & later oil paintings. A precursor to Impressionism, he captured British countryside with broad brushstrokes and atmospheric

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About this artwork

  • Title: Cottage in Herefordshire
  • Artist: david cox the elder
  • Year: 1820
  • Original dimensions: 16.0 x 24.0 cm
  • Format: Landscape
  • Copyright status: Public domain
  • Where to see it: Yale Center for British Art
  • Movement: Birmingham School
  • Corpus context: early 19th century, cox's rural focus
  • Keywords: country house art, 19th century art, traditional art

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