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
ClassificationsMiniatures
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)