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Creator:
David Cox, 1783–1859
Title:

Girl in a Pinafore

Additional Title(s):

Study of a small girl in a pinafore

Date:
between 1840 and 1849
Medium:
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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Link:
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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