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Contains: 5. Collections (London, England, Italy); exhibitions 6. Portraiture (in general); Cosway's work (opinions, sales, influence) 7. Maria - correspondence; works; "general reading notes" 8. R. Cosway oils, engravings, "Medium uncertain"
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This folder contains photocopies of: "A Catalogue of the Entire Collection of Pictures of Richard Cosway…1791" "A Catalogue of all the Reserved And Valuable Part of the Capital Collection of Pictures, the Property of Richard Cosway…1792" [One copy and one partial copy] "A Catalogue of the Pictures of Richard Cosway…1821" "The Cosway Collection A Catalogue…[1822?]" "A Catalogue of the Last Portion of the Very Numerous Collection of Pictures…Richard Cosway…1822" "Catalogue of a Collection of Drawings & Miniatures by Richard Cosway…1896" Handwritten notes of DGW on envelope originally containing the above catalogues
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Box containing 248 color slides both of Cosway art and unrelated art images presumably used in various presentations. The slides consist of: D.1.a. Miniatures 1 of 2 (12 slides) D.1.b. Miniatures 2 of 2 (12 slides) D.1.c. Political cartoon and comic art - "used for talk" April, 1975 (25 slides) D.1.d. Misc. from 18th century seminar - March, 1978 (27 slides) D.1.e. Early slides: reproductions and Scotland 1975 (April) (7 slides) D.1.f. Cosway and Huntington Library objects; Palmer-Muller May, 1976 (7 slides) D.1.g. Gilray and Huntington Library objects - April, 1975 (26 slides) D.1.h. Cosway talk and additional Cosway's in the Huntington Library- May, 1976 (19 slides) D.1.i. Huntington Library objects, May, 1976 (12 slides) D.1.j. Unrelated French slides 1 of 2 (11 slides) D.1.k. Unrelated French slides 2 of 2 (9 slides) D.1.l. Unrelated slides of Ephesus 1 of 2 (11 slides) D.1.m. Unrelated slides of Ephesus 2 of 2 (14 slides) D.1.n. Cosway miniatures and other art (13 slides) D.1.o. Cosway paintings (12 slides) D.1.p. Cosway miniatures (11 slides) D.1.q. Cosway paintings (8 slides) D.1.r. British slides (12 slides)
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Consists of a photocopy of three pages of a book in French showing Richard Cosway's and Charles I's collector's marks, photocopies of two letters written by Richard Cosway with his signature plus a 5x8 index card and a portion of the envelope the copies were stored in with DGW notes regarding ordering the copies and the content of the letters.
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Note: negatives are filled separately. Items consist of: a. Roll 1A, NY Public Library b. Roll 2A, Yale Center and NY Public Library c. Roll 3A, Yale Center d. Three unlabeled black-and-white proof sheets and two color e. Typewritten list of "Original Drawings by Richard and Maria Cosway from the Francis Peabody Collection" f. 03/27/81 typewritten letter to DGW from Martin Meisel saying that photos have not yet been taken g. Undated handwritten letter to DGW from Martin Meisel enclosing the requested photos and negatives and a list of what was photographed h. Handwritten sheet regarding a phone call to Meisel
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This folder chiefly contains reproductions of paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy and miscellaneous items. Includes photocopies, photograph reproductions, clippings, etc. Contents consist of: a. 1772 - Rinaldo and Armida, from Tasso, copy of painting and two typewritten pages of notes b. V. Green. Duchess of Cumberland, photograph of painting c. Cosway. Sigisminda, photograph of painting d. Wisdom Directing Beauty and Virtue to Sacrifice, photograph of painting and copy of page showing painting and another painting e. Cosway. Gen. P. Paoli, photograph of painting f. Cosway. Wm. Shipley, copy of painting g. Cosway. H.R.H. Duchess of Cumberland and Strathern, copy of painting h. Cosway. Vanity, copy of painting i. Hodges, Cosway and Birch. View from Cosway's Breakfast Room with Mrs. Cosway, together with commentary j. An Armenian, copy of painting k. Cosway. Venus and Cupid l. 2 copies of page 724: Country Life, April 9, 1948 (copies) m. Photographic Order Card, British Library, Dept. of Mss. n. Prince Hoare by unknown artist, photograph, and accompanying letter from the Thomas Coram Foundation o. Lely. Diana Kirke, Countess of Oxford, National Portrait Gallery program cover p. Handwritten DGW note beginning "Zoffany: The Tribune of the Uffizi. . . " q. Powderham Castle: catalogue, printed card and envelope with 3 photographs and 6 negatives. r. Page showing 7 items to be auctioned by Christie's on Wednesday, March 19 s. Page showing 9 items to be auctioned by Sotheby's on Monday 24th March, 1980, with 3 more items on the reverse t. Copy of Cosway. Lancelot 'Capability' Brown u. Copy of self-portrait of Cosway in fancy dress with accompanying letter of 08/04/86 from the Courtauld v. Copy of Cosway painting of Lady Almeira Carpenter and page of description w. Copy of two paintings of Susanna and the Elders and page of DGW handwritten notes regarding the paintings x. Copy of Delilah Cutting Sampson's Hair with letter from U. Minn and description of painting y. 4 pages of DGW handwritten notes z. List: Books of Emblems aa. Copy of West's Madonna di S. Girolamo and page of description bb. Six items clipped together, one reads "Preface to National Gallery Catalogue of 1836 ... " being typewritten and handwritten DGW notes cc. Copy of page 17 of "Biographical Index" dd. Copy of Van Dyck Children of Charles I
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