Details
Richard Cosway, R.A.
Mr. Waller, facing right in pink coat, powdered wig en queue (unfinished)
gilt-metal frame
oval, 1 7/16in. (36mm.)
Provenance
Sir William Halliday, a descendant of the artist's brother, Sir William Cosway, whose son assumed the name of Halliday in 1872.
Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 17-21 Jun 1958, lot 861
Christie's, London, 19 June 1973, lot 102 (450 gns. to Huss)
Literature
G.C. Williamson, Richard Cosway, R.A. and his Wife and Pupils, London, 1907, p. 110

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