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

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Richard Cosway, R.A. (1740-1821)
Portrait of Major-General Ronald Crawford Ferguson M.P., small full-length, with a battle in the background
signed lower left 'R.. Cosway/delt.'; pencil and watercolour
11 3/8 x 8 3/8in. (288 x 214mm.)

Provenance

E.M. Hodgkins; Christie's, 29 June 1917, lot 7 (9 gns. to Pawsey & Payne).
J. Thursby-Pelham.
Mrs. Guy Argles and by descent.

Literature

F.B. Daniell, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Richard Cosway, R.A., 1890, p.19 under no.74.

Engraved

In stipple by A. Cardon, 1810.
Reduced to half-length by H.R. Cook for P. Martin's Military Panorama, 1 July 1813.
J. Davies, Military Chronicle, 1814.

Lot Essay

Major-General Ferguson (1773-1841) entered the army at the age of seventeen and served in Flanders, India, South Africa and Spain. He was M.P. for Kirkaldy 1806-30 and then for Nottingham until his death. He became Major-General in 1808 and Lieutenant-General in 1813. He was appointed to the honorary position of Colonel of the Sicilian Regiment from 1809 to 1816.

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