Richard Cosway

(1742-1821)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821 DNB: Cosway, Richard (bap. 1742, d. 1821), artist and collector LBT ID: RiCoswa1821 VIAF ID: 40191108 LOC ID: n93108180	B/BAP: 1742-11-05 DIED: 1821-07-04
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English portrait painter and member of the Royal Academy; in 1781 he married the miniature painter Maria Hadfield. He was patronized by the Prince Regent.