COX, DAVID (1783-1859), English painter, was born on April 29, 1783, in Deritend, near Birmingham. Joseph Cox, his father, was both blacksmith and whitesmith, and David was early taken from school and set to the anvil. Later, he became an art teacher, and secured fame in London in 1835-4o, years which mark the period of his highest powers. During those years, and for 12 years after, his productiveness kept pace with his mastery, and wealth flowed in upon him. On leaving London, he settled down in his own home at Harborne, near his native town, where he died on June 7, The number of David Cox's works, great and small, is enormous. He produced hundreds annually for perhaps 45 years. The British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, possess a large number of his water-colour drawings. (See Hall, Biography of David Cox 0880.)