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Richard and Maria Cosway
Gerald Barnett
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Description for Richard and Maria Cosway
Hardcover. A biography of the Cosways, two fascinating but often neglected figures in the artistic history of England. This carefully researched study emphasises their achievements as artists and their stature in late 18th century society. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16 colour and 32 b&w plates. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
Richard Cosway was once a more famous artist than Gainsborough. His portraits of the fashionable were the rage in Regency London. From 1785 he became First Painter to the Prince of Wales - the only artist ever to have been accorded such a title. He and his wife Maria entertained everybody who was anybody. Herself a talented artist in her own right, she was also a composer, musician and authority on girls' education. Thomas Jefferson fell in love with her; Napoleon doted on her. And yet, save for Richard Coswayís pre-eminence as a miniaturist, he and Maria have long been ... Read more
Richard Cosway was once a more famous artist than Gainsborough. His portraits of the fashionable were the rage in Regency London. From 1785 he became First Painter to the Prince of Wales - the only artist ever to have been accorded such a title. He and his wife Maria entertained everybody who was anybody. Herself a talented artist in her own right, she was also a composer, musician and authority on girls' education. Thomas Jefferson fell in love with her; Napoleon doted on her. And yet, save for Richard Coswayís pre-eminence as a miniaturist, he and Maria have long been ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718829445
SKU
V9780718829445
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Ref
99-2
About Gerald Barnett
Gerald Barnett was born in Exeter and spent much of his life serving in the Royal Navy. Now retired, Commander Barnett has long been an enthusiastic collector of English portrait miniatures and drawings and has been a champion of the Cosways' reputation for much of the past 20 years.
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