Exhibition of Cox & De Wint watercolors

Overview

Date	1874-01-03
Publication	Academy
Topic	Exhibition of Cox & De Wint watercolors
AP display
RA display
Subject	art
Keywords	achievement
↳	comparison to Turner
Standards	worthy aesthetic execution
Notes

Annotation details

74 January 3 Academy

Topic:

exhibition of Cox & De Wint watercolors.

Citation:

Rossetti, William M. "The Exhibition of the Burlington Club." Academy (January 3, 1874): 20. Web. 21 Sept. 2011.

Summary:

This is a short notice describing the collection of seventy-six paintings by water colorists David Cox and Peter De Wint on display at the Burlington Club. Rossetti makes qualitative and quantitative comments regarding the paintings of Cox, mostly, with favorable appraisals and a comparison of his work to that of Turner. There is less commentary regarding De Wint but most of it is favorable as well, including the comment that De Wint is "a very leading example of high and uniform finish" in one instance.

Mode:

Critical

Keywords:

"an exceedingly covetable specimen;" "manly paintings", judgment, appraisal, notice

Standards of Judgment:

exemplary aesthetic execution, good gallery display, worthwhile exhibition

References:

Cox, De Wint, Mr. John Henderson, Turner

Rhetoric:

Evaluative, definitive

Writing technique/tone:

informative, Rossetti's initial impressions of the paintings with limited evaluation

Notable/quotable:

"very roughly executed in a certain sense;" "exceptionally fine specimens;" "a fine collection of water-colours."