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A fine self-portrait of the artist, 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. (BRITISH, 1742-1821)
A fine self-portrait of the artist, in black jacket with high collar, frilled white shirt, blue checked cloak draped around his shoulders, powdered hair; sky background
signed and dated in full on the backing paper 'R:dus Cosway R.A. et F.S.A Primarius Pictor. Serenissimi [Walliæ] Principi[s] Pinxi[t] [180]4'
oval, 2 11/16 in. (68 mm.) high, parcel-gilt silver frame with hinged reverse, the pierced foliate border set with rose-cut diamonds
A fine self-portrait of the artist, in black jacket with high collar, frilled white shirt, blue checked cloak draped around his shoulders, powdered hair; sky background
signed and dated in full on the backing paper 'R:
oval, 2 11/16 in. (68 mm.) high, parcel-gilt silver frame with hinged reverse, the pierced foliate border set with rose-cut diamonds
Provenance
Jeffery W. Whitehead Collection, London.
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) Collection, New York; Christie's, London, 24-27 June 1935, lot 276 (30gns. to Julius).
Sold by Julius to Edward Grosvenor Paine in 1963.
Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911-1989) Collection, inv. no. 241; Christie's, London, 15 October 1996, lot 51.
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) Collection, New York; Christie's, London, 24-27 June 1935, lot 276 (30gns. to Julius).
Sold by Julius to Edward Grosvenor Paine in 1963.
Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911-1989) Collection, inv. no. 241; Christie's, London, 15 October 1996, lot 51.
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 XVIIIe siècle , 1906, 3rd supplement, no. 16 (lent by J. Pierpont Morgan).
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, OEuvres d'art du XVIII
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