Richard Cosway
British artist (1742-1821) · United Kingdom · On the map · Artists · Died at 78
Richard Cosway was a leading English portrait painter of the Georgian and Regency era, noted for his miniatures. He was a contemporary of John Smart, George Engleheart, William Wood, and Richard Crosse. He befriended fellow Freemasons and Swedenborgians William Blake and Chevalier d'Éon.
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![A SMUGGLING MACHINE or a Convenient Cos(au)way for a Man in Miniature. A 1782 etching satirising the relationship between Cosway and his wife. Published by Hannah Humphrey.[6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/A_smuggling_machine_or_a_convenient_Cos%28au%29way_for_a_man_in_miniature.jpg/500px-A_smuggling_machine_or_a_convenient_Cos%28au%29way_for_a_man_in_miniature.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
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His wife was the Italian-born painter Maria Cosway, a close friend of Thomas Jefferson.
