Artist
Richard Cosway
British, 1742–1821
Richard Cosway was a British Romanticism artist. 21 works are cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art. Richard Cosway was born in Tiverton.
Richard Cosway (5 November 1742 – 4 July 1821) was a leading English portrait painter of the Georgian and Regency era, noted for his miniatures. He was a contemporary of John Smart, George Engleheart, William Wood, and Richard Crosse. He befriended fellow Freemason and Swedenborgians William Blake and Chevalier d'Éon. His wife was the Italian-born painter Maria Cosway, a close friend of Thomas Jefferson.
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