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Claudia Hill
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RICHARD COSWAY (1742-1821)
Portrait Miniature of an Officer by Richard Cosway
( United Kingdom
c. 1790
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Medium
watercolour on ivory in gold frame
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Dimensions
83.00mm high
( 3.27 inches high)
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Condition:
Oval, 3 1.4 inches high
Signs of restoration to the coat
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Description / Expertise
Richard Cosway, circa 1790
An officer wearing red coat with blue facings, gold lace and gold epaulette, frilled white lace cravat and black stock
Set in the original gold frame, the reverse with locks of hair tied with split seed pearls and gold wire on opalescent glass within pearl mount and blue glass
Border
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