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Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821

Images

  • A madman designated as the poet Nathaniel Lee in Bethlem Hospital. Mezzotint by J. Watts, 1778.
  • A man wearing a cloak touching the head of a bowing man, during an outdoor ceremony. Aquatint by C.M. Metz after P.P. Rubens (?).
  • A woman wraps a new born baby in swaddling clothes while the mother recovers in bed, the midwife mops her brow. Colour etching by C.M. Metz after F. Barocci.

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    • Books

    Richard & Maria Cosway : Regency artists of taste and fashion / Stephen Lloyd ; with essays by Roy Porter & Aileen Ribeiro.

    Lloyd, Stephen, 1961- | Date: 1995
    • Pictures

    Three women of the Loftus family (?). Stipple engraving by E. Stodart, 1890, after R. Cosway.

    Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821. | Date: September 1st 1890 | Reference: 587275i
    • Pictures

    Princess Charlotte Augusta. Stipple engraving by M.A. Bourlier, 1807, after R. Cosway.

    Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821. | Date: [1807] | Reference: 2058820i
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