Richard Cosway
British, 1742-1821
NationalityBritish
BiographyRichard Cosway was baptised in Devon, November 5, 1742 and died London, July 4, 1821. Cosway is best known for his miniatures and drawings, as well as his connections to the Prince of Wales (later George IV) and fashionable Georgian society. From the 1760s through the 1770s he exhibited consistently at the Society of Arts, the Free Society of Artists, and the Royal Academy. By 1785 he began to sign his works Primarius Pictor Serenissimi Walliae Principis ("Principal painter to his most serene Prince of Wales"). He also collected Old Master paintings, drawings, and decorative art objects, which were sold at his death by his wife, Maria, who was also an artist
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