BRITISH WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS

1. Lady Margaret Arden (c.1762-1851)
Beach at Ryhope, Durham
Pencil and watercolour
6 ½ x 9 ¼ in (16.5 x 23.5 cm)
Inscribed as title and dated June 4. 1811.
Provenance: private collection, England
2. Lady Margaret Arden (c.1762-1851)
From Gillingham Bridge, Chatham
Pencil and watercolour
5 ½ x 8 ¾ in (14 x 22.2 cm)
Inscribed ‘Chatham’ and dated 1810. Verso: inscribed and dated 1810
Provenance: private collection, England
Lady Margaret Arden was a patron and pupil of David Cox (1783-
1859). N. Neil Solly records in his Memoir of the Life of David Cox that
Lady Arden was introduced to Cox in his first years of residence in
London. She was one of his first pupils, contemporary with Lady
Julia Isabella Lavinia Gordon (1772-1867) who also took drawing
lessons with David Cox at that time. Lady Arden gave financial
help to Cox in order to assist with the expenses of his removal to
Hereford with his family in 1814. To pay back the debt, he painted
on commission for her A Fish Market at Hastings (see Solly, 1973, p.32).
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