Manuscripts

Correspondence with Francis Haskell (1979)

Description: Correspondence between Wilson and Francis Haskell, Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford (FH) during 1979. Note: this correspondence was not listed on the original Finding Aid.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1779-1987
Call number: mssCosway
Creator: Wilson, Diana G (-1988)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Diana G. Wilson, 1988.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

General correspondence (1979-1985) (Folder 2 of 2)

Manuscripts

This collection contains research materials on English portrait painter Richard Cosway (1742-1821) and his wife, English-Italian artist Maria Cosway (1760-1838), compiled by art historian Diana G. Wilson (1932-1988) for her doctoral dissertation (never completed) at the University of California, Los Angeles, from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. The papers include Wilson's correspondence, research files and notes, dissertation drafts, and reproductions of artwork and manuscripts (including photocopies, photographs, negatives, slides, and microfilm). The materials expand from Wilson's research and development of a dissertation initially proposed as: "Richard Cosway: An investigation of the development of the role of the artist and the concept of portraiture in England, 1760-1820," but the collection includes materials about the lives and art of both Richard and Maria Cosway. Note: all materials dating from the 18th and 19th centuries are reproductions of originals.

mssCosway

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