Richard Cosway
Unidentified gentleman
About this artwork
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title:Unidentified gentleman
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accession number:PGL 394
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materials:Watercolour on ivory
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date created:Unknown
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measurements:Height: 6.00 cm
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credit line:Private Collection on long term loan to the National Galleries of Scotland,1999
Richard Cosway
Richard Cosway
Cosway was an important artist and collector in Regency Britain. Born in Devon, he went to London in 1754 to study under the artist William Shipley. His talents were rewarded and in the 1760s he began exhibiting his work at the Free Society of Artists and the Society of Artists.…