Richard Cosway, R.A. (1740-1821)

Portrait of Sir James Hamlyn, 1st Bt. and his wife Miss Williams, full-length

Details

Richard Cosway, R.A. (1740-1821)
Portrait of Sir James Hamlyn, 1st Bt. and his wife Miss Williams, full-length
signed and inscribed 'Cosway. R.A. Primarius Pictor Serenissima Walliæ Principis Pinxit 178...' (on the mount, over mounted)
pencil, pen and grey ink, with touches of watercolour, on the artist's original mount
9 x 5½ in. (22.9 x 14 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Christie's London, 30 March 1993, lot 11 (£2,185 to the present owner).

Exhibited

London, Henry Homan, 18th Century Drawings and Watercolours, February-March 1968.

Lot Essay

Sir James Hamlyn, formerly James Harcourt inherited Cloverly Court, Devon from his Grand-Uncle Zachery Hamilton, taking his name. He married Arabella only daughter and heiress of Thomas Williams of Edwinsford.

This drawing is recorded in the list of outstanding debts remaining at Cosway's death. The entry in the artist's accounts book reads '1789 Mr Hamlym [sic] drawn with Mrs. H. 63 gns.'

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