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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Cosmo Alexander
1724–1772 · Scottish
- Born
- 1724 · Aberdeen
- Died
- 1772 · Scotland
2 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Cosmo Alexander was a Scottish portrait painter who supported James Edward Stuart's claim to the English and Scottish thrones. Following the defeat of the Jacobite cause in 1746, he spent much of his life overseas.
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Cosmo Alexander (1724 – 25 August 1772) was a Scottish portrait painter. A supporter of James Edward Stuart's claim to the English and Scottish thrones, Alexander spent much of his life overseas following the defeat of the Jacobite cause in 1746.
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Selected registered works by Cosmo Alexander
Selected from 2 works by Cosmo Alexander in the Collect24 Registry.
Cosmo Alexander
Portrait of Adrian Hope of Amsterdam (1709 - 1781), 1763
oil paint
77.5 × 64 cm
National Galleries Scotland
C24-461306
Cosmo Alexander
The Honorable John Ross, 1766
Oil on canvas
130.5 × 103.8 cm
Harvard Art Museums
C24-123650
Cosmo Alexander
Catherine Ross Gurney (Mrs. Henry Gurney), 1766
Oil on canvas
130.2 × 104.1 cm
Harvard Art Museums
C24-123669
Cosmo Alexander
Alexander Grant, 1770
Oil on canvas
127.7 × 101.6 cm
Art Institute of Chicago
C24-106412
Museums and collections
Where works by Cosmo Alexander are registered
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
1 work
- National Galleries Scotland
United Kingdom
1 work
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