Portrait of a Man
c. 1790
Richard Cosway
Richard Cosway (British, 1742–1821)
European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of a Man, c. 1790. Richard Cosway (British, 1742–1821). Watercolor on ivory in a gold frame with blue and white enamel; framed: 5.9 x 5 cm (2 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.); unframed: 5 x 4 cm (1 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1942.1137 In 1795 the English government began to tax hair powder, resulting in the rapid abandonment of both wigs and powdered hair.
- Maker/Artist
- Cosway, Richard
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- watercolor on ivory in a gold frame with blue and white enamel
- Dimensions
- Framed: 5.9 x 5 cm (2 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 5 x 4 cm (1 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1942.1137
- Credit Line
- The Edward B. Greene Collection
- Exhibitions
- Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America, Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives, <em>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 202), </em>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 5, 2009 - April 6, 2009).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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