Sidi Hadji Abdurrahman Adja (1720–1792)
1786
- Medium
- graphite, watercolor, red chalk on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.2 × 24.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-209850
Richard Cosway was a prolific painter in London, most well-known for his portrait miniatures and drawings, which he made both on commission and as personal exercises or mementos. Cosway and his wife, Maria Hadfield Cosway, held a fashionable salon at their London residence, and may have invited the likely subject of this drawing, the ambassador from Tripoli, Sidi Hadji Abdurrahman Adja (1720-1792). Abdurrahman Adja was in London in 1786, arrived to improve Tripoli’s reputation with Great Britain. Cosway portrayed the ambassador in a fleeting moment with eyes closed, making sure to capture the…
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2023.46
Registry history
- 1786 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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