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Richard Cosway
English Rococo Era Miniaturist, 1742-1821,Painter, draughtsman, dealer and collector. Probably the son of a schoolmaster, he showed a precocious talent for drawing and studied at Shipley's Drawing School in the Strand, where he won several prizes. He attended the Richmond House academy, set up by Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, where he met Giovanni Battista Cipriani. He first exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1760, showing there again between 1767 and 1779. He also showed at the Free Society of Artists between 1761 and 1766. In 1769 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, becoming an ARA in 1770, when he began to exhibit at the Academy, and RA the following year. In 1781 Cosway married the Anglo-Florentine artist Maria Cosway, n?e Hadfield, and they moved in 1784 to Schomberg House, Pall Mall, which became a centre for fashionable London society. In 1786 he made a brief visit to Paris and in 1791 he moved to a larger house in Stratford Place, London.
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A Gentleman
6,4 x 5,1 cm
Painting ID:: 43813
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A_Gentleman
6,4 x 5,1 cm
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Miss Franks
c. 1790
Watercolour on ivory, 1,9 x 1,6 cm
Painting ID:: 43820
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Miss_Franks
c. 1790
Watercolour on ivory, 1,9 x 1,6 cm
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Sarah Siddons as Tragedy
mk173
ca.1785
Pencil and gray washes on paper
23.2x17.2cm
Painting ID:: 44596
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Sarah_Siddons_as_Tragedy
mk173
ca.1785
Pencil and gray washes on paper
23.2x17.2cm
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A Lady c
4,4 x 4,1 cm Art Museum, Cincinnati The minature is set in a tortoise shell box with ilt mounts
Painting ID:: 62302
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A_Lady_c
4,4 x 4,1 cm Art Museum, Cincinnati The minature is set in a tortoise shell box with ilt mounts
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Portrait of the Marchioness of Queenston
1788(1788)
Medium Oil on paper
Dimensions 8.9 x 7.6 cm (3.5 x 3 in) 3.5 x 3 in
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Painting ID:: 83017
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Portrait_of_the_Marchioness_of_Queenston
1788(1788)
Medium Oil on paper
Dimensions 8.9 x 7.6 cm (3.5 x 3 in) 3.5 x 3 in
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Richard_Cosway
English Rococo Era Miniaturist, 1742-1821,Painter, draughtsman, dealer and collector. Probably the son of a schoolmaster, he showed a precocious talent for drawing and studied at Shipley's Drawing School in the Strand, where he won several prizes. He attended the Richmond House academy, set up by Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, where he met Giovanni Battista Cipriani. He first exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1760, showing there again between 1767 and 1779. He also showed at the Free Society of Artists between 1761 and 1766. In 1769 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, becoming an ARA in 1770, when he began to exhibit at the Academy, and RA the following year. In 1781 Cosway married the Anglo-Florentine artist Maria Cosway, n?e Hadfield, and they moved in 1784 to Schomberg House, Pall Mall, which became a centre for fashionable London society. In 1786 he made a brief visit to Paris and in 1791 he moved to a larger house in Stratford Place, London.
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