David Cox (9 July 1809 – 6 December 1885), known as David Cox the Younger, David Cox II or David Cox Jr. to distinguish him from his better-known father David Cox (1783-1859), was an English painter in

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, mostly of landscapes. Born in

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and educated at Hereford Grammar School, he was taught to paint and draw by his father, although he used a brighter colour palette than his father. As well as working around London, where he made several paintings of the Norwood

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and other local colour, his landscapes included Wales, Scotland, the Lake District, Devon, France, Switzerland and Italy. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1827, at the New Society of Painters in Water Colours from 1841 and the

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from 1848, where he would eventually exhibit 580 works. He died at his home in Streatham and was buried at

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1809 births 1885 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters People educated at Hereford Cathedral School Burials at West Norwood Cemetery 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub