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Richard Cosway
1742–1821
(bapt. Oakford, Devon, 5 Nov. 1742; d London, 4 July 1821). English painter, mainly of miniatures. A friend of the Prince of Wales (later Prince Regent), Cosway was by far the most fashionable miniaturist of his day, imparting to sitters an air of great elegance.
Text Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)
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William Shipley, Founder and First Secretary of the Society of Arts c.1759–1760 Royal Society of Arts
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Allegorical Scene with Juliana, Countess of Carrick (1727/8–1804), as Wisdom Directing Her Younger Daughters, Lady Henrietta Butler (1750–1785), Later Viscountess Mountgarret, and Lady Margaret Butler/Lowry-Corry (1748–1775), as Beauty and Virtue, to the Altar of Diana 1771 National Trust, Castle Coole
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Vice Admiral Colonel James Seton, Governor of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1787–1798) 1798 Government Art Collection
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Richard Cosway National Portrait Gallery, London
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Helen Mackenzie (1764–1802), Wife of Alexander Mackenzie, 9th Lord Fraser of Inverallochy National Trust for Scotland, Castle Fraser, Garden & Estate
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Portrait of an Unknown Lady 18th C Valence House Museum
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John Rolle (1750–1842), Lord Rolle Torrington Town Hall Office
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Mary (1776–1857), the Fourth Daughter of George III The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
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Portrait of a Woman and Her Four Daughters The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
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Hannah Lightbody (1767–1828), Mrs Samuel Greg (?) National Trust, Quarry Bank Mill and the Styal Estate
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Mrs Siddons Reading in a Grotto c.1810 Scarborough Art Gallery
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Portrait of a Gentleman, his Wife and Sister, in the Character of Fortitude introducing Hope as the Companion to Distress ('The Witts Family Group') c.1775 Tate
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A Lady (? Harriet Mellon) as a Sibyl c.1805 Tate
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Master Carew c.1790 Royal Albert Memorial Museum
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Group of Connoisseurs 1775 Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum
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Rachel da Crasto (b.1694) National Trust, Hughenden Manor
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Self Portrait in Masquerade Dress 1770 National Trust, Attingham Park
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Anne Loftus (d.1659) before 1821 Essex Record Office
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Maria Catherine Giffard (1762–1821), Lady Throckmorton National Trust, Coughton Court
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Admiral Michael Everitt 1773 (?) Christ's Hospital