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Portrait of Richard Cosway, half-length

Maker

Thomas Hickey (artist)
1741-1824

Title

Portrait of Richard Cosway, half-length

Date of Production

1774

Medium

pastels on paper on laid paper, cut into an oval, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 26 cm
Width: 20.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4557

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Provenance

Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (now removed) n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 26

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down (none visible in raking light).

Inscription: Recto: centre right, black pastel, signed and dated: "T. Hickey / 1774". Backing sheet (removed, see photo): upper centre, graphite: "Richard Cosway Esqr"; lower left, graphite: "T Hickey / 5504". Mount (removed, see photo): lower right, graphite: "Thomas Hickey / 1741-1824 / portrait of Richard Cosway / signed.".

Collector's mark: Backing sheet (removed, see photo): lower centre edge, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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