The Junction of the Wye and the Severn

Date: ca. late 1820’s
Medium: Watercolor 
Dimensions: 571 x 889 mm. 22 x 35 in.
Provenance: Unknown until discovered behind another Cox watercolor bought at a provincial auction in the UK 1995 and brought to Agnew’s 1995; 1996 to Private collection, United Kingdom; 2007  via Andrew Wyld, London, to David Tunick, Inc., New York; 2007 to Private collection, U.S.A.
Literature: Wilcox, S., Sun, Wind, and Rain: The Art of David Cox, Yale University, 2007, p. 169 (illus.), no. 37
Exhibitions: Old Water-Colour Society, London, 1830 [?] Sun, Wind, and Rain: The Art of David Cox, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven,  16 October 2008 – 14 January 2009, no. 37 Sun, Wind, and Rain: The Art of David Cox, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK,  31 January – 3 May 2009, no. 37 Romantic Nature: British and French Landscapes, The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 30 June 2011 – 1  November 2011