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Title
Mrs. Cosway
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Additional Title(s)
Maria Hadfield Cosway
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Date
1787
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Materials & Techniques
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
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Dimensions
Sheet: 17 3/8 × 13 3/4 inches (44.1 × 34.9 cm), Image: 16 1/2 × 12 7/8 inches (41.9 × 32.7 cm)
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Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "106"; lower right: "445"
Scratched lettering below image: "Painted by Maria Cosway | Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine"
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status
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Accession Number
B1970.3.495
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Classification
Prints
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Collection
Prints and Drawings
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Subject Terms
artist | chair | costume | cross (object) | curls | earrings | fichu | gown | hat | horizon line | muslin | portrait | ruffles | self-portrait | turban | woman
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Associated People
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Access
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
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Link
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Export
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IIIF Manifest
Two Extraordinary Women : The Lives and Art of Maria Cosway (1760-1838) and Mary Darby Robinson (1757-1800) (The Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, 2016-01-29 - 2016-05-01) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Stephen Lloyd, Richard & Maria Cosway: regency artists of taste and fashion, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, p. 69, NJ18 C7985 L56 1995 (LC)+ Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]
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