Richard Cosway R.A. (1742-1821)

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Richard Cosway R.A. (1742-1821)

A Portrait of Diana MacDonald, later Lady Sinclair, half length in yellow and white dress and pearl headdress standing in a landscape

later inscription on reverse Diana MacDonald, Lady Sinclair, afterwards dress to Princess of Wales Cosway; oil on panel
painted to the oval,
33 x 26¾in. (84 x 68cm)

Provenance

With Sir J.G. Tollemache Sinclair Bt., of Ulbster
Sale: Christie's, 4th April 1913, Lot 100, 150gns to
Sir A. Sinclair Bt.,

Exhibited

Edinburgh, Loan Exhibition of Scottish National Portraits, 1884
London, Coseway Loan Exhibition, Moncorvo House, May 1895

Engraved

M. Bovi

Lot Essay

She was the second wife of the Rt. Hon. John Sinclair (d.1845)
after Coseway painted this portrait he used the same dress in his portrait of Caroline, Princess of Wales

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