Artist: Richard Cosway (1742 - 1821)
Nationality: British
Movement:
Media: Miniatures
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Biography:
Richard Cosway was mostly known for painting miniatures. However, he also painting some larger oil portraits. He was a close friend of the Prince of Wales. Cosway married fellow artist Maria Hadfield in 1781.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Self-portrait, ca. 1770-75 Richard Cosway (British, 1742-1821)Ivory; Oval, 2 x 1 5/8 in. (50 x
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Marianne Dorothy Harland (1759-1785), Later Mrs. William Dalrymple Richard Cosway (British, 1742-1821)Oil on canvas; 28
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Ensign Lionel Robert Tollemache (1774-1793) Richard Cosway (British, 1742-1821)Ivory; Oval, 3 1/8 x 2 1/2
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Richard Cosway - A Lady c. 1790 watercolor on ivory Cincinnati Art Museum British
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Francesco Bartolozzi, Infancy, after R. Cosway, 18th century
Museum of Fine Arts -
Giuseppe Passeri, Italian, 1654-1714 The Assumption of the Virgin late 17th–early 18th century Pen and
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Gilbert Stuart - Richard Yates 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Richard Smith, Red, 1976
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - Portrait of Richard Milles c. 1760's oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
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Francis Wheatley - The Death of King Richard II c. 1792-93 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester British
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Richard Diebenkorn, Variation #8, 1971
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Gainsborough Dupont - Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1787-1796 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1785-1787 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Portrait of Richard Palmer 1787 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Richard Graf, Untitled, 1966
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Richard Graf, Untitled, 1966
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Richard Graf, Untitled, 1966
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Richard Graf, Untitled, 1966
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Richard Smith, Grey, 1976
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Joshua Reynolds - Mrs. Richard Paul Jodrell 1774-75 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Richard Smith, Green, 1976
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Richard Overfield, Untitled, 1978
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Richard Diebenkorn, Drawings, 1948
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Richard Hunt, Untitled, 1972
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Richard Hunt, Untitled, 1972
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Richard Hunt, Untitled, 1972
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Richard Tuttle, *Print*, 1976
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Richard Zoellner, Fragment, 1949
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Richard Hunt, Untitled, 1972
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Richard C Herman, Dog with a stick, 1983
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Richard Diebenkorn, Bust of M. W., 1962
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Richard Earlom, Old man, seated, 1787
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Richard Earlom, Rembrandt, 1767
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Richard Seewald, Aus dem Camposanto, 1922
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Richard Earlom, The Prodigal Son, 1766
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Richard Mayer, Jeremy #2, 1970
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Richard Dighton, Two Soldiers, 1805
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Richard Dighton, The Litany, 1816
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Richard Day, The Abandoned Hut, 20th century
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Richard Day, New Mexico No. 1, 20th century

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