Richard Cooper
William Mason, 1724 - 1797. Prebendary of York; poet and biographer of Gray
About this artwork
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artist:Richard Cooper (1740 - 1814) Scottish
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title:William Mason, 1724 - 1797. Prebendary of York; poet and biographer of Gray
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date created:Unknown
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after:Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792) English
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materials:Stipple engraving on paper
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measurements:13.34 x 11.13 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequeathed by William Finlay Watson 1886
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accession number:EP IV 83.3
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Richard Cooper
Richard Cooper
Born in Edinburgh, Cooper was apprenticed to his father, the artist Richard Cooper, the Elder (1701 – 1764) and trained as a reproductive engraver. He is best known for his landscape drawings and his copy drawings after paintings by the old masters. He spent much of the 1760s and 1770s on an...