Richard Cosway

1742 – 1821

English miniaturist, draughtsman, dealer and collector, a pupil of Thomas Hudson. Probably the son of a schoolmaster, he showed a precocious talent for drawing and studied at Shipley's Drawing School in the Strand, where he won several prizes. He attended the Richmond House academy, set up by Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, where he met Giovanni Battista Cipriani.

4 artworks in collection