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Richard Cosway: Princess Sophia (1777-1848)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Richard Cosway  (1742–1821)  wikidata:Q2539929 s:en:Author:Richard Cosway
 
Richard Cosway
Description English miniaturist
Date of birth/death 5 November 1742 Edit this at Wikidata 4 July 1821 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Tiverton, Devon London Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1757 Edit this at Wikidata–1821 Edit this at Wikidata
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Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q2539929
Title
Princess Sophia (1777-1848)
Description
English: Portrait of Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777-1848), daughter of George III of Great Britain.
"In this miniature portrait of Princess Sophia, aged 15, the artist has finished the head only, lightly sketching in the background. Her hair is painted with many small brushstrokes, but her costume is outlined in a few quick ones leaving the ivory base exposed in some places, such as the right sleeve. The artist, Richard Cosway, sometimes flattered his female sitters by elongating the neck and enlarging the pupils of the eyes, as can be seen if this portrait is compared with Sir William Beechey's painting of the Princess dating from 1797 (RCIN 403417). Cosway often made several versions of royal portraits for family members. A version of this miniature was in the collection of Princess Sophia's brother, Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, and another belonged to her sister, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester."
Date circa 1792
date QS:P571,+1792-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium watercolor on ivory
Dimensions height: 7.9 cm (3.1 in); width: 6.4 cm (2.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,7.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,6.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Accession number
RCIN 420001
Object history

Provenance:

  • Probably commissioned by George IV when Prince of Wales;
  • first certainly identifiable in the Royal Collection, 1851
Inscriptions Signed and dated on the original backing card in ink: Rdus Cosway. /R.A. / Primarius Pictor / Serenissimi Walliae / Principis / Pinxit / 1792 (and G.P. in another hand).
Source/Photographer Royal Collection RCIN 420001

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