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Richard Cosway was an English painter who became known during the Regency period primarily for his miniatures and extravagant lifestyle. Richard Cosway showed a great talent for painting at an early age. In 1754, at the age of twelve, he first began training under Hudson, which he soon continued at Shipley's Drawing School. In the years between 1755 and 1760, the Royal Society of Arts awarded his drawings several times. This was followed by numerous exhibitions for the Society of Artists and the Free Society of Artists in the 1760s. In 1769 he joined the Royal Academy, with exhibitions. He was known for his eccentric appearance, arrogance and love of women, although he was also accused of having a feminine side himself. Frequent targets of criticism and ridicule, he and his wife Maria Hadfield, also a painter, were magnets of society, with greats such as William Blake and the dazzling figure of the Chevalier d'Éon frequenting their home. Thomas Jefferson openly harbored a love for Cosway's wife and constantly tried to win her away from him. In 1785, he was appointed court painter Prince of Wales, a title created solely for Cosway, prompting his signature primarius "Pictor Serenissimi Walliae Principis."
Himself a collector of masterpieces of all genres of art, Richard Cosway excelled in his own work, especially in miniature painting. Particularly famous was "Miss Elliot in the Character of Pallas", a miniature he exhibited in 1769 at the Society of Artists, now in the Fondazione Cosway, Lodi. He also produced other works, such as several life-size portraits of the Courtenay family at Powderham Castle, including that of William, 3rd Viscount Courtenay (1791), now in the Lord Courtenay Collection.
Although Richard Cosway also worked in oils, it was his particular technique of miniature painting that made his works stand out. By painting with watercolors on ivory, he achieved a transparent effect that was very different from the tradition. In Cosway's time, miniature painting did not enjoy special recognition, but his works were very well received. His fame and artistic success was probably also due to his skillful self-dramatization and targeted self-promotion. Richard Cosway was a gifted artist who - coming from a humble background - achieved fame and success through talent, a style of his own, the skilful choice of a special niche, as one would say today, and his dazzling appearance. His household was a focal point of London society, where artists, intellectuals and people of influence frequented.
Richard Cosway was an English painter who became known during the Regency period primarily for his miniatures and extravagant lifestyle. Richard Cosway showed a great talent for painting at an early age. In 1754, at the age of twelve, he first began training under Hudson, which he soon continued at Shipley's Drawing School. In the years between 1755 and 1760, the Royal Society of Arts awarded his drawings several times. This was followed by numerous exhibitions for the Society of Artists and the Free Society of Artists in the 1760s. In 1769 he joined the Royal Academy, with exhibitions. He was known for his eccentric appearance, arrogance and love of women, although he was also accused of having a feminine side himself. Frequent targets of criticism and ridicule, he and his wife Maria Hadfield, also a painter, were magnets of society, with greats such as William Blake and the dazzling figure of the Chevalier d'Éon frequenting their home. Thomas Jefferson openly harbored a love for Cosway's wife and constantly tried to win her away from him. In 1785, he was appointed court painter Prince of Wales, a title created solely for Cosway, prompting his signature primarius "Pictor Serenissimi Walliae Principis."
Himself a collector of masterpieces of all genres of art, Richard Cosway excelled in his own work, especially in miniature painting. Particularly famous was "Miss Elliot in the Character of Pallas", a miniature he exhibited in 1769 at the Society of Artists, now in the Fondazione Cosway, Lodi. He also produced other works, such as several life-size portraits of the Courtenay family at Powderham Castle, including that of William, 3rd Viscount Courtenay (1791), now in the Lord Courtenay Collection.
Although Richard Cosway also worked in oils, it was his particular technique of miniature painting that made his works stand out. By painting with watercolors on ivory, he achieved a transparent effect that was very different from the tradition. In Cosway's time, miniature painting did not enjoy special recognition, but his works were very well received. His fame and artistic success was probably also due to his skillful self-dramatization and targeted self-promotion. Richard Cosway was a gifted artist who - coming from a humble background - achieved fame and success through talent, a style of his own, the skilful choice of a special niche, as one would say today, and his dazzling appearance. His household was a focal point of London society, where artists, intellectuals and people of influence frequented.
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs Fitzherbert by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait miniature of Mrs Arbuthnot, first wife of Charles Arbuthnot, 1796 by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "John Condé, French-born British Engraver by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Venus and Mars by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Box with Portrait Miniature of a Nun by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait Miniature of John Norris of Hughenden by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of William John Kerr, Earl of Ancrum by John Dixon")
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.jpg "Luigi Marchesi by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of Catherine Clemens and Her Son, John Marcus Clemens, c. 1800 by Richard Cosway")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1427146).jpg "Venus and Mars by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Margaret Cocks, Later Margaret Smith, 1787 by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Mrs Tickell by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Full-Length Portrait of \"Miss V. Dupuis\" Resting Her Arm on a Harp. In the Background a Fountain and a Landscape with Deer by Henry Edridge")
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.jpg "Woman and Child in Park by Richard Cosway")
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_Countess_of_Hopetoun_1789_(wc_und_gouache_on_ivory)_-_(MeisterDrucke-101191).jpg "Elizabeth Countess of Hopetoun by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sculptor Anne Seymour Damer by Luigi Schiavonetti")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-316083).jpg "Mars Reposing in the Lap of Venus, c.1805-15 by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Maria Cosway with Her Daughter Louisa by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Hero and Leander by Alexander Runciman")
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.jpg "George III of the United Kingdom by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of an Armenian by Richard Cosway")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1132480).jpg "A Mythological Subject by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of a woman by a music stand, 1793 by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Boy with Dogs by Richard Cosway")
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 179 - (MeisterDrucke-235079).jpg "Mrs Fitzherbert, engraved and published by Jean Conde, 1792 by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Marianne Dorothy Harland, Later Mrs. William Dalrymple by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of an Armenian by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "A Man Trapped Between a Lion and a Serpent by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Venus and Mars by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Self portrait miniature by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lady Boynton by Richard Cosway")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1089620).jpg "Equestrian Portrait of a Lady, Said to Be Lady Elizabeth Foster by Richard Cosway")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1132451).jpg "The Angel of the Annunciation by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Hero and Leander by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Group of Connoisseurs by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Man by Richard Cosway")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1120533).jpg "Portrait medal of the artist by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "The Genius of Painting. Minerva Instructing Putti in the Art of Painting. Design for Pierre Condé")
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.jpg "Madamoiselle La Chevaliere D")
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.jpg "Portrait of Princess Sophia, 5th Daughter of King George III by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Hon. Anne Annesley, later Countess of Mountnorris, c. 1800 by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mary Frances Fanny Swinburne by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Mrs. Robinson as Perdita by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Cupid Overpowering a Satyr by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Miniature Portrait of Katherine, Lady Manners, Later Lady Huntingtower by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Woman by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Frederick Earl of Carlisle, Knight of the Garter, c.1800 by Richard Cosway")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-932250).jpg "The Earl of Ancram Mounted on a Charger, c.1773 by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Major General Ronald Craufurd Ferguson by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Queen Margaret of Anjou with the Prince, Her Son, Stripped of Her Regalia by Robbers by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait miniature of Captain, The Hon, Edmund Phipps by Richard Cosway")
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_on_ivory_-_(MeisterDrucke-1107084).jpg "Portrait of John Swinburne by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Mrs. Carr by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait miniature of Major General William, The Viscount Fielding, c.1790 by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Lady Nelson by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Allegory of Fortune on a Globe Surrounded by Putti by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Full-length Portrait of a Gentleman with Sword in One Hand and a Plumed Hat in the Other by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Lady Standing near a Lake by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Flight into Egypt by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Madonna and Child by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of George, 5th Duke of Marlborough, with Blenheim in the Distance by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of Henry Swinburne by Marino Bovi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1108207).jpg "Charles, 4th Earl of Harrington by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of an Armenian by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Later King of the French by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Boy Wearing a Plumed Hat by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Supper at Emmaus by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Christ Blessing Little Children by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Supper at Emmaus by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Mother and Daughter, c.1765-70 by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Two Lovers encouraged by Cupid by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "The Countess of Hopetoun with Her Daughters Jasmin and Lucy by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Lady Standing near a Lake by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of Madame Récamier 1777-1849 by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Imogen and Iachimo by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Venus Adoring Cupid by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "The Deposition by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Mother and Daughter by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Profile Study of a Young Man by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Cupid Overpowering a Satyr by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Mrs. Cosway as the Milkmaid by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Study for a Miniature Portrait of a Member of the Royal Family by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Profile Study of a Young Man by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Woman by Richard Cosway")
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.jpg "Major General John Scott, in scarlet uniform with yellow facings by Richard Cosway")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1283871).jpg "The Heliads at the Grave of Phaeton by Richard Cosway")
.jpg "Mrs Fitzherbert, 1907. The Longtime Companion of the Future King George IV of the United Kingdom by Richard Cosway")
.jpg "Portrait of Lancelot")