Study of an Antique Armchair

David Cox

1849 · Watercolor · Drawings and Prints

During the 1830s Cox began to represent historic interiors at Haddon Hall, Hardwick Hall, Bolsover Castle and Chatsworth, all in Derbyshire, and extends that interest here. This drawing of a massive, early British chair demonstrates the expressive potential of historic objects and likely was made during one of the artist's annual visits to the Welsh village of Betws-y-coed, where he stayed at the Royal Oak Hotel.

Artist

David Cox

Date

1849

Medium

Watercolor

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of James David Draper, 2014