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A Young Gentleman
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A Young Gentleman

Richard Cosway (British, 1742–1821)
about 1780
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on ivory
DimensionsHeight x width: 2.2 × 3.8 cm (7/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Berger Collection Educational Trust
Accession number2018.3116
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMiniatures
Collections
ProvenanceOctober 21, 1997, anonymous (“various properties”) sale, Christie’s, London, lot 81, to William Merriam Bart Berger (b. 1925 – d. 1999) and Bernadette Joan Johnson Berger (b. 1940 – d. 2015), Denver, CO; 1999, incorporated into the Berger Collection Educational Trust, Denver; 2018, gift of the Berger Collection Educational Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)