Vanderbilt Estate David Cox Agnews London Label WC, British Romantic watercolor landscape painting, A Shepherd and his Flock near a Ruined Abbey, 4.25 x 6 inches, 4 x 5.75 inches sight, 10.125 x 11.625 x 0.625 inches framed, no visible signature, photocopy of Agnews Old Bond St. Picadilly Circus London English label with title affixed to backing citing Provenance of Col. J. D. Hills, post War frame with hand colored mat. Provenance: Vanderbilt Whitney family landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio former residence of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff this past November during real estate staging. Decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, the property has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Our firm has been commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 54 lots of the widely publicized contents comprising 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family in this once in a lifetime opportunity online only sale. According to the family some of these 32 lots other than Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney personal sculpture examples likely descended from Cornelius Vanderbilt whereas other items within these 32 lots descended from later Vanderbilt heirs or in the prominent Whitney family or were acquired by Vanderbilt Whitney family members during the 20th century, often directly from the artists. This lot has been transported to our Florida facilities for FL pick up or shipping. Previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday January 14th through Friday January 20th as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 6 large garden statues stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale. CX GVW 44

Generally clean and attractive with no creases or tears redily visible, some right edge surface wear inside of mat, a few spots of foxing in sky, some very light discoloration upper left that may actually be cloud detail, overall moderate toning. Not examined out of frame, note label is a photocopy.