Richard Cosway
Major-General Ronald Craufurd Ferguson, 1773 - 1841. Soldier and Member of Parliament
About this artwork
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artist:Richard CoswayEnglish (1742 - 1821)
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title:Major-General Ronald Craufurd Ferguson, 1773 - 1841. Soldier and Member of Parliament
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pencil and watercolour on paper
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measurements:28.80 x 21.40 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1995
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accession number:PG 2997
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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. In 1769 Cosway...
