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1742 Devon, England - 1821 London, England. Known for: Miniature portrait painting, religion, history, stained drawings.
Richard Cosway was most 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... Read full biography
Richard Cosway was most 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... Read full biography
Richard Cosway was most 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... Read full biography
Richard Cosway was most 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, née Hadfield, and they moved in 1784 to Schomberg House, Pall... Read full biography
Richard Cosway was most 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, née 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... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAn important double-sided portrait miniature depicting the four children of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (1758-1844) and his wife Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, née Spencer (1761-1821): Sir John William Ponsonby, Viscount Dunc
Richard Cosway Auction: 06/07/2011Lot: 14Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeMaster Bunbury, hands on hips, in double-breasted light brown suit with frilled collar
Richard Cosway Auction: 11/29/2011Lot: 120Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePORTRAIT OF SUSAN, MARCHIONESS OF BLANDFORD, LATER DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH (1767-1841)
Richard Cosway Auction: 04/16/2008Lot: 90Subscribe or get free alerts
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