An engraving showing the view from Mr Cosway's Breakfast-Room at Schomberg House, looking towards Westminster Abbey, with Mrs Cosway seated in the foreground

Date:: 1789

Location:: Schomberg House, 80-82 Pall Mall, St James, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, SW1

Reference:: 6B/PAL/1789B

Type:: Engraving

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Description

Richard Cosway (1742-1821) was a leading portrait painter, his wife Maria Cosway (1760-1838) was also an accomplished artist who exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts.

A note beneath the engraving records that the landscape was painted by William Hodges, RA, and the portrait was painted by Rd. Cosway. The whole was engraved by W. Birch.

Content

This is part of the Series: OWS01/15 Mayson Beeton Print Collection; within the Collection: OWS01 Office of Works and Successors: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Artist: Cosway, Richard

Artist: Hodges, William

Engraver: Birch, William

Keywords

Stuart Town House, Garden