A Self-Portrait of the Artist, facing right in black jacket with high collar, frilled white shirt, blue checked cloak draped around his shoulders, powdered hair; sky background
Details
RICHARD COSWAY, R.A. (1742-1821)
A Self-Portrait of the Artist, facing right in black jacket with high collar, frilled white shirt, blue checked cloak draped around his shoulders, powdered hair; sky background
signed in full on the reverse and dated 'R.... Cosway R.A. et F.S.A. Primarius Pictor Serenissimi [Walliae] Principi[s] Pinxi[t] [180]4'
oval, 2¾ in. (70 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the scrolling border set with rose-cut diamonds
A Self-Portrait of the Artist, facing right in black jacket with high collar, frilled white shirt, blue checked cloak draped around his shoulders, powdered hair; sky background
signed in full on the reverse and dated 'R.... Cosway R.A. et F.S.A. Primarius Pictor Serenissimi [Walliae] Principi[s] Pinxi[t] [180]4'
oval, 2¾ in. (70 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the scrolling border set with rose-cut diamonds
Provenance
Jeffery W. Whitehead, London.
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York; Christie's, London, 24-27 June 1935, lot 276 (29 gns. to Julius).
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York; Christie's, London, 24-27 June 1935, lot 276 (29 gns. to Julius).
Literature
G. C. Williamson, Richard Cosway, R.A. and his Wife and Pupils, London, 1897, p. 125.
J. J. Foster, British Miniature Painters and their Works, London, 1898, p. 128.
G. C. Williamson, Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures - The Property of J. Pierpont Morgan, London, 1906, II, p. 55, no. 269, illustrated pl. LXXXVII.
B. Long, British Miniaturists 1520-1860, London, 1929, p. 101.
J. J. Foster, British Miniature Painters and their Works, London, 1898, p. 128.
G. C. Williamson, Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures - The Property of J. Pierpont Morgan, London, 1906, II, p. 55, no. 269, illustrated pl. LXXXVII.
B. Long, British Miniaturists 1520-1860, London, 1929, p. 101.
Exhibited
London, The New Gallery, The Royal House of Guelph, 1891 (lent by Jeffery Whitehead).
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Oeuvres d'art du XVIII. siècle, 1906, 3rd supplement, no. 16 (lent by J. Pierpont Morgan).
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Oeuvres d'art du XVIII. siècle, 1906, 3rd supplement, no. 16 (lent by J. Pierpont Morgan).