A lady playing a keyboard wearing sixteenth century dress, 1785-1790Richard Coswayheight: 14 cm, width: 15.20 cm10967Richard Cosway (1742-1821) A lady playing a keyboard wearing sixteenth century dress, 1785-1790 Pen and brown ink on watermarked laid paper, on the original wash-line mount 14 x 15.2 cm.; 5 ½ x 6 inches Framed size 36.5 x 36.5 cm.; 14 3/8 x 14 3/8 inches Provenance Timothy Clowes until 2020 Literature G. Barnett, Richard and Maria Cosway, London 1995, fig. 38 This 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.
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