
Lavinia, Countess Spencer as Juno
Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935
Catalogue
- Year
- 1801
- Medium
- Graphite
- Dimensions
- sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 3/8 in. (32.1 x 23.8 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Richard Cosway
Artist
Painting
Richard Cosway was a leading English portrait painter of the Georgian and Regency era, noted for his miniatures. He was a contemporary of John Smart, George Engleheart, William Wood, and Richard Crosse. He befriended fellow Freemason and Swedenborgians William Blake and Chevalier d'Éon. His wife was the Italian-born painter Maria Cosway, a close friend of Thomas Jefferson.
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Portrait of George, 5th Duke of Marlborough, with Blenheim Palace in the Distance
1817 · Graphite and watercolor
Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, later King of the French
1804 · watercolor on ivory in a gold locket frame
Portrait of Catherine Clemens and Her Son, John Marcus Clemens
1795 · watercolor on ivory in a gold and split pearl frame
Portrait of the Hon. Anne Annesley, later Countess of Mountnorris
1795 · watercolor on ivory in a gold frame
Cupid and Minerva
1788 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite
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1786 · graphite, watercolor, red chalk on paper
Record
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- Richard Cosway
- Year
- 1801
- Medium
- Graphite
- Dimensions
- sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 3/8 in. (32.1 x 23.8 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1801-333664
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified

