Richard Cosway

Richard Cosway (1742-1821)A lady playing a keyboard wearing sixteenth century dress, 1785-1790Pen and brown ink on watermarked laid paper, on the original wash-line mount14 x 15.2 cm.; 5 ½ x 6 inchesFramed size 36.5 x 36.5 cm.; 14 3/8 x 14 3/8 inchesProvenanceTimothy Clowes until 2020LiteratureG. Barnett, Richard and Maria Cosway, London 1995, fig. 38This lively drawing dates from 1785-1790 when Cosway was experimenting with 16th and 17th century costumes and role-playing. The sitter is one of the artist’s models.