id:			119716
accession number:	1940.552
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.552
updated:		2023-03-25 11:14:23.736000

Bolton Abbey, c. late 1840s-1857. David Cox (British, 1783–1859). Watercolor with black chalk; sheet: 48.8 x 75.4 cm (19 3/16 x 29 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.552

title:				Bolton Abbey
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series:				
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creation date:			c. late 1840s-1857
creation date earliest:		1845
creation date latest:		1859
current location:		
creditline:			Bequest of James Parmelee
copyright:			

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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	watercolor with black chalk
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - British
type:		Drawing
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* David Cox (British, 1783–1859)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 48.8 x 75.4 cm (19 3/16 x 29 11/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	textured, thick brown wove paper (Scotch wrapping paper)
	watermarks:	

inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed, at lower right, in graphite:  WSE; in white chalk on wood backing: June 8-03
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		European Watercolors Through the 18th Century
	opening date:   1964-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>European Watercolors Through the 18th Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 14-March 22, 1964).

	title:		British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art 
	opening date:   2013-02-10T00:00:00
	<i>British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art </i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(sale, Victor G. Fischer Company Collection, Anderson Galleries, New York, February 19, 1912, no. 655)
	date: 1912
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	James Parmelee [1855-1931], Washington, DC, by descent to Alice Maury Parmelee
	date: ?-1931
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	Alice Maury Parmelee [1866-1940], Washington, DC, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH through the Estate of James Parmelee
	date: 1931-1940
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1940-
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fun fact:
The neighborhood where Bolton Abbey was found was one of David Cox's favorite places to paint and the church appeared as a subject throughout his works from about 1828 through 1857.

digital description:
This moody, broadly painted watercolor on rough, brown paper is emblematic of David Cox’s late style. Velvety grays and greens throughout the composition shift almost imperceptibly and streaks of blue wash, describing the distant hills and sky, are pierced by a sliver of brilliant yellow at the horizon. The ruined 12th-century priory is relegated to the background, nearly lost in the twilight.

wall description:
This moody, broadly painted watercolor on rough, brown paper is emblematic of Cox’s late style. Velvety grays and greens throughout the composition shift almost imperceptibly and streaks of blue wash, describing the distant hills and sky, are pierced by a sliver of brilliant yellow at the horizon. The ruined 12th-century priory is relegated to the background, nearly lost in the twilight.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Francis, Henry S. "The Bequest of James Parmelee." <em>Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15-27, 31.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 17
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140904

	Brumbaugh, Thomas B. "David Cox in American Collections." <em>Connoisseur</em> 197, no. 792 (February 1978): 83-88.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 85, no. 5
	url:		

	Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 70-73, 144, no. 22b; Reproduced: pp. 72-73
	url:		

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IMAGES

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