The Cock Tavern at Cheam

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The Cock Tavern at Cheam
Richard Wilson (1713-1714-1782) - The Cock Tavern, Cheam, Surrey - N03136 - National Gallery.jpg
Artist Richard Wilson
Yearc. 1745
Type Oil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions43.6 cm× 73 cm(17.2 in× 29 in)
Location Tate 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

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