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VOLUME VII, SLICE V

Cosway to Coucy

Articles in This Slice:

COSWAY, RICHARD COTTER
COTA DE MAGUAQUE, RODRIGO COTTESWOLD HILLS
COTE-D'OR COTTET, CHARLES
COTES, ROGER COTTII REGNUM
COTES-DU-NORD COTTIN, MARIE
COTGRAVE, RANDLE COTTINGTON, FRANCIS COTTINGTON
COTHEN COTTON (Anglo-Indian administrators)
COTMAN, JOHN SELL COTTON, CHARLES
COTONEASTER COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH
COTOPAXI COTTON, JOHN
COTRONE COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE
COTTA (German publishers) COTTON
COTTA, BERNHARD VON COTTON MANUFACTURE
COTTA, GAIUS AURELIUS COTTON-SPINNING MACHINERY
COTTABUS COTYS
COTTBUS COUCH, DARIUS NASH
COTTENHAM, CHARLES PEPYS COUCY, LE CHATELAIN DE

COSWAY, RICHARD (c. 1742-1821), English miniature painter, was baptized
in 1742; his father was master of Blundell's school, Tiverton, where
Cosway was educated, and his uncle mayor of that town. He it was who, in
conjunction with the boy's godfather, persuaded the father to allow
Richard to proceed to London before he was twelve years old, to take
lessons in drawing, and undertook to support him there. On his arrival,
the youthful artist won the first prize given by the newly founded
Society of Arts, of the money value of five guineas. He went to Thomas
Hudson for his earliest instruction, but remained with him only a few
months, and then attended William Shipley's drawing class, where he
remained until he began to work on his own account in 1760. He was one
of the earliest members of the Royal Academy, Associate in 1770 and
Royal Academician in 1771. His success in miniature painting is said to
have been started by his clever portrait of Mrs Fitzherbert, which gave
great satisfaction to the prince of Wales, and brought Cosway his
earliest great patron. He speedily became one of the most popular
artists of the day, and his residence at Schomberg House, Pall Mall, was
a well-known