David Cox, 1783–1859, British, Girl in a Pinafore, between 1840 and 1849
- Title:
- Girl in a Pinafore
- Additional Title(s):
- Study of a small girl in a pinafore
- Date:
- between 1840 and 1849
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches (32.1 x 25.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: J Whatman
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.745
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- chair | child | costume | figure study | girl | portrait | profile (figure)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46452
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Although the figures that appear in Cox's landscapes are generally drawn with great deftness and flair, figure subjects, as such, are rare in his work. The figures in his landscapes, as well as in the figure sketches that do exist, are generally rustic types, but he could create figures of great elegance, as can be seen in Windermere during the Regatta (cat. 57). Portrait studies by Cox are extremely unusual, but this head of a child shows that he could use the medium of watercolor to produce portraits of great charm and sensitivity. Scott Wilcox Scott Wilcox, Sun, wind, and rain : the art of David Cox, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008, pg. 211, cat. no. 87, NJ18 .C829 W542 + Oversize (YCBA)
Sun, Wind, and Rain - The Art of David Cox (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 2009-01-31 - 2009-05-03) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Sun, Wind, and Rain - The Art of David Cox (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-10-16 - 2009-01-04) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Scott Wilcox, Sun, wind, and rain : the art of David Cox, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008, pp. 106-7, 210-11, no. 87, figs. 66 & 67, NJ18 .C829 W542 + Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]
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