The Cock Tavern at Cheam

The Cock Tavern at Cheam
ArtistRichard Wilson
Yearc.1745
TypeOil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions43.6 cm × 73 cm (17.2 in × 29 in)
LocationTate Britain, London

The Cock Tavern at Cheam is a c.1745 landscape painting by the Welsh artist Richard Wilson.[1] It likely depicts the Cock Inn, a tavern located on Cheam Common in Sutton (rather than nearby Cheam) in Surrey, then a number of miles outside London. It was a well-known coaching inn on the road from the capital to Brighton. Two men sit outside at a table drinking ale, while in the background is uncultivated common land with grazing sheep.[2]

It is now in the collection of the Tate Britain in Pimlico, having been acquired in a bequest from Stopford Brooke in 1916.[3] A version is also in the Winnipeg Art Gallery.[4]

References

  1. ^ Bindman p.128-29
  2. ^ Waites p.55-56
  3. ^ "'The Cock Tavern, Cheam, Surrey', Richard Wilson, c.1745".
  4. ^ The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1912-1962: An Introduction to the History, the Activities and Collection. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1962. p.21

Bibliography

  • Bindman, David. The History of British Art: The history of British art, 1600-1870. Yale Center for British Art, 2008.
  • Bury, Adrian. Richard Wilson, R.A.: The Grand Classic. F. Lewis, 1947.
  • Solkin, David H. Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction. Tate Gallery, 1982.
  • Waites, Ian. Common Land in English Painting, 1700-1850. Boydell Press, 2012.
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