Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
Circle of Richard Cosway, R.A. (Devon 1742-1821)
Lot 291

Circle of Richard Cosway, R.A. (Devon 1742-1821)

Elegant ladies, seated in an interior

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 375

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Circle of Richard Cosway, R.A. (Devon 1742-1821)
Elegant ladies, seated in an interior
pencil and white and red chalk, on buff paper
6 x 4 3/8 in. (15.2 x 11.1 cm.)

Specialist note

This drawing of two young women, almost certainly sisters, seems to date from the late 1780s or 1790s. It appears to be the work of a miniaturist and the tenderness of the expressions and the fluidity of the pencil suggest the influence of Richard Cosway.