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Richard Cosway

1742–1821 · British

Born
1742 · Tiverton
Died
1821 · London

27 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Richard Cosway was a leading English portrait painter of the Georgian and Regency era, noted for his miniatures. He was a contemporary of John Smart, George Engleheart, William Wood, and Richard Crosse.

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Richard Cosway (5 November 1742 – 4 July 1821) was a leading English portrait painter of the Georgian and Regency era, noted for his miniatures. He was a contemporary of John Smart, George Engleheart, William Wood, and Richard Crosse. He befriended fellow Freemasons and Swedenborgians William Blake and Chevalier d'Éon. His wife was the Italian-born painter Maria Cosway, a close friend of Thomas Jefferson.

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Selected registered works by Richard Cosway

Selected from 27 works by Richard Cosway in the Collect24 Registry.

Richard Cosway, Two Veiled Young Women, probably Lilla Amnani and Her Sister

Richard Cosway

Two Veiled Young Women, probably Lilla Amnani and Her Sister, 1786

graphite, watercolor, red chalk on paper

33 × 25.7 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-210431

Richard Cosway, Sidi Hadji Abdurrahman Adja (1720–1792)

Richard Cosway

Sidi Hadji Abdurrahman Adja (1720–1792), 1786

graphite, watercolor, red chalk on paper

33.2 × 24.9 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-209850

Richard Cosway, Mrs. Robinson as Perdita

Richard Cosway

Mrs. Robinson as Perdita, ca. 1779

Graphite, blue chalk, and watercolor, with touches of gouache (bodycolor)

19.9 × 15.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-537031

Richard Cosway, Madonna med barnet

Richard Cosway

Madonna med barnet, 1742-1821

Blyant, pen og lavering. Vertikale indramningslinier i blyant

23 × 18.5 cm

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark

C24-250862

Richard Cosway, Maleriets genius, eller Minerva instruerer putti i malekunsten. Forlæg til Pierre Condés radering, Memorial to Robert Udney Esq.

Richard Cosway

Maleriets genius, eller Minerva instruerer putti i malekunsten. Forlæg til Pierre Condés radering, Memorial to Robert Udney Esq., 1802

Blyant, pen, lyst og mørkt brunt blæk

23.8 × 20.1 cm

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark

C24-250965

Richard Cosway, Portrait of an Unknown Lady

Richard Cosway

Portrait of an Unknown Lady, 1770

ivory

5 × 4 cm

Yale Center for British Art

C24-463784

Richard Cosway, Cupid and Minerva

Richard Cosway

Cupid and Minerva, 1788

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite

17.6 × 13.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-593484

Richard Cosway, Portrait of George, 5th Duke of Marlborough, with Blenheim Palace in the Distance

Richard Cosway

Portrait of George, 5th Duke of Marlborough, with Blenheim Palace in the Distance, 1817–21

Graphite and watercolor

22.7 × 14 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-562635

Richard Cosway, Lavinia, Countess Spencer as Juno

Richard Cosway

Lavinia, Countess Spencer as Juno, ca. 1806

Graphite

32.1 × 23.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-486814

Richard Cosway, Portrait of a Man in Armour

Richard Cosway

Portrait of a Man in Armour, 1808

ivory

7.3 × 6 cm

Yale Center for British Art

C24-463707

Richard Cosway, James Hope, third Earl of Hopetoun

Richard Cosway

James Hope, third Earl of Hopetoun, 1789

ivory

7.9 × 6 cm

Yale Center for British Art

C24-463705

Richard Cosway, Elizabeth, Countess of Hopetown

Richard Cosway

Elizabeth, Countess of Hopetown, 1789

ivory

7.6 × 6 cm

Yale Center for British Art

C24-463704

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