AFTER RICHARD COSWAY RA (1742-1821) Portrait miniature of Ma...

AFTER RICHARD COSWAY RA (1742-1821) Portrait miniature of Maria Cosway (1760-1838), wearing a white dress with ruffles, a miniature suspended from a blue ribbon around her neck, oval, on ivory, 3 1/2 x 3 in(Ivory ref. 2XGHHJBF) Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset. For another version of this subject cf. Bonhams, London. lot 103. 7 September, 2008. Maria Cosway was the wife of Richard Cosway. She was herself a noted musician and painter. As a young artist she studied in Florence. She later exhibited more than 30 works at The Royal Academy, London between 1781 and 1801.

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