Samuel Cousins
Donald McLean, 1800 - 1874. Member of Parliament for Oxford
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artist:Samuel Cousins (1801 - 1887) English
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title:Donald McLean, 1800 - 1874. Member of Parliament for Oxford
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date created:Published 1837
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materials:Mezzotint on paper
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measurements:41.91 x 33.35 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1936
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accession number:SP VI 290.1
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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...