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Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British, Mrs. Cosway, 1787
- Title:
- Mrs. Cosway
- Date:
- 1787
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 18 9/16 x 13 9/16 inches (47.1 x 34.4 cm), Plate: 17 15/16 x 12 15/16 inches (45.6 x 32.8 cm), Image: 16 7/16 x 12 15/16 inches (41.8 x 32.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "41949 (encircled)"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Painted by Maria Cosway."; lower center: "MRS. COSWAY. | Published by V. & R. Green, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London, Septr. 1st. 1787."; lower right: "Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11293
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- artist | chair | costume | cross (object) | curls | earrings | fichu | gown | hat | horizon line | muslin | portrait | ruffles | self-portrait | turban | woman
- Associated People:
- Cosway, Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia, Baroness Cosway in the nobility of the Austrian empire (1760–1838), history painter and educationist
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30827
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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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