Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman
at Kenwood House
Richard Cosway
British1742–1821
About
Richard Cosway was a leading English portrait painter of the Georgian and Regency era, noted for his miniatures. He was a contemporary of John Smart, George Engleheart, William Wood, and Richard Crosse. He befriended fellow Freemasons and Swedenborgians William Blake and Chevalier d'Éon. His wife was the Italian-born painter Maria Cosway, a close friend of Thomas Jefferson.
Notable works
Portrait of a Gentleman
at Denver Art Museum
Porträt des Mr. C. Bradshaw
at Cincinnati Art Museum
Portrait of a Gentleman
at Cincinnati Art Museum
Portrait of a Lady
at Cincinnati Art Museum
Hero and Leander
at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
William Cavendish, as a child
at Nationalmuseum
Self-portrait
at Nationalmuseum
Miss Franks
at Cincinnati Art Museum
Works in the collection
13 works
Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman
at Kenwood House
Portrait of a Gentleman
at Denver Art Museum
Porträt des Mr. C. Bradshaw
at Cincinnati Art Museum
Portrait of a Gentleman
at Cincinnati Art Museum
Portrait of a Lady
at Cincinnati Art Museum
Portrait of His de la Salle's mother, Madame Hélène de Montgeroult
at Louvre Museum
Hero and Leander
at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
William Cavendish, as a child
at Nationalmuseum
Self-portrait
at Nationalmuseum
Miss Franks
at Cincinnati Art Museum
More by Richard Cosway in institutions
Cincinnati Art Museum
Eden Park, United States
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sweden
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, United States
Denver Art Museum
Denver County, United States
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, United States
Louvre Museum
Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, France
Kenwood House
Hampstead, United Kingdom
