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Richard Cosway
(British, 1742–1821)
about 1810–15
Medium/TechniqueGraphite on paper with stumping
DimensionsSheet: 22.5 x 14.5 cm (8 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit LineJuliana Cheney Edwards Collection
Accession number2010.630
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ProvenanceMaria Cosway (b. 1759 – d. 1838), the artist's wife, Lodi, (near Milan); possibly transferred to the Fondazione Maria Cosway, Lodi; June 1 – 2, 1896, posthumous Maria Cosway sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 185 (?). London art market. Commander Gerald Barnett, London. November 17, 2004, anonymous sale, Bonhams, London, Lot 71, to Trinity Fine Art, Ltd., London; 2010, sold by Trinity Fine Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 2010)
