Manchester Art Gallery

Crossing the Ford

David Cox the Elder, 1783 - 1859



Crossing the Ford

David Cox the Elder 1783 - 1859

Summary

A landscape scene of a wooded hillside with a stream running in the foreground, and majestic hills visible in the background. A man in the foreground is leading his horse by the reins across the stream followed by a herd of cattle.


Object Name

Crossing the Ford

Creators Name

David Cox the Elder

Date Created

1849

Dimensions

unframed: 35.8cm x 45.7cm
framed: 61.5cm x 72cm

accession number

1917.163

Collection Group

fine art
British
painting

Place of creation

England

Support

canvas

Medium

oil paint

Credit

Mr James Thomas Blair bequest, 1917.

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