The Heather or Broom Gatherers
1851
Artist, British, 1783 - 1859

Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor on wove paper
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Credit Line
Purchased as the Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin
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Dimensions
sheet: 61.3 × 87.2 cm (24 1/8 × 34 5/16 in.)
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Accession
2020.88.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Samuel Mayou [d. 1882], Edgbaston, Birmingham; sold before 1875 to Frederick Craven [c. 1818 – 1894], Manchester and Derbyshire; (his sale, Christie’s London, 18 May 1895, no. 33); (Thos. Agnew and Sons, London); William Hudson [1841-1916], Hulme Hall, Cheadle Hulme; by descent until 1985; (Thos. Agnew and Sons, London, stock no. 47014). (sale, Andrew Smith & Son, Winchester, 5 February 2019, no. 430); (James Mackinnon, Didling, Midhurst);
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1887
Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester (various venues), 1887, no. 1634.
1892
Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, 1892, no. 79.
2023
Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.
Inscriptions
at lower left, in brown ink: David Cox 1851