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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Richard Cosway A Gentleman oil


A Gentleman
Painting ID::  43813
A Gentleman
6,4 x 5,1 cm
6,4_x_5,1_cm
   
   
     

Richard Cosway Miss Franks oil


Miss Franks
Painting ID::  43820
Miss Franks
c. 1790 Watercolour on ivory, 1,9 x 1,6 cm
c._1790_ Watercolour_on_ivory,_1,9_x_1,6_cm
   
   
     

Richard Cosway Sarah Siddons as Tragedy oil


Sarah Siddons as Tragedy
Painting ID::  44596
Sarah Siddons as Tragedy
mk173 ca.1785 Pencil and gray washes on paper 23.2x17.2cm
   
   
     

Richard Cosway A Lady c oil


A Lady c
Painting ID::  62302
A Lady c
4,4 x 4,1 cm Art Museum, Cincinnati The minature is set in a tortoise shell box with ilt mounts
   
   
     

Richard Cosway Portrait of the Marchioness of Queenston oil


Portrait of the Marchioness of Queenston
Painting ID::  83017
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 cyf
   
   
     

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     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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