id:			119716
accession number:	1940.552
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.552
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:42.037000

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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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
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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)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed, at lower right, in graphite:  WSE; in white chalk on wood backing: June 8-03
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	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, Cleveland, OH (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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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
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	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
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IMAGES

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