Richard Cosway
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 203 years ago |
Date of birth | November 5,1742 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Tiverton |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | July 4,1821 |
Died | London |
United Kingdom | |
On view | The Houston Museum of Fine Arts |
Periods | Romanticism |
Spouse | Maria Cosway |
Job | Painter |
Books | Richard Cosway |
A Catalogue Raisonne of the Engraved Works of Richard Cosway, R. A. , | |
Current partner | Maria Cosway |
Works | Self‑Portrait |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 530007 |
Richard Cosway Life story
Richard Cosway RA was a leading English portrait painter of the Regency era, noted for his miniatures. He was a contemporary of John Smart, George Engleheart, William Wood, and Richard Crosse. He befriended fellow Free-masons and Swedenborgians William Blake and Chevalier d'Éon.