Samuel Cousins
George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, 1773 - 1859
About this artwork
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artist:Samuel Cousins (1801 - 1887) English
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title:George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, 1773 - 1859
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date created:Published 1836
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after:Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845) English
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materials:Mezzotint on paper
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measurements:29.54 x 23.19 cm
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credit line:Transferred from the National Gallery of Scotland, Department of Prints and Drawings
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accession number:EP V 653.1
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Samuel Cousins
Samuel Cousins
Cousins was a renowned [mezzotint] [engraver], producing works mainly after Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Lawrence. Born in Exeter he was apprenticed to Samuel William Reynolds in 1814, who took him on without the usual payment that was due to masters for taking apprentices due to his precocious...