Manuscripts

Sales catalogues of Cosway property, 1791-1896 [photocopies]

Description: 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
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.

Correspondence with Joseph Foladare (1976-1977); catalogues [photocopies]

Manuscripts

This folder contains correspondence between DGW and Joseph Foladare (JF) during 1976-1977 re Gen. Paoli, Maria Cosway, Boswell; a catalogue of Engraved British Portraits in British Museum (1912) (Copy); and copies of a Fogg Art Museum catalogue and New York Public Library catalogue relating to Cosway.

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Catalogues and Lists of Cosway Artwork and Property

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.

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Maggs Brothers catalogue of Cosway letters [photocopy]

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Robert Udny sale catalogue; Witt's Marquis of Stafford catalogue; Witt's Wellesley Collection catalogue [photocopies]

Manuscripts

This folder contains photocopies of three printed items: Catalogue of the Entire Collection of Pictures of Robert Udny, Esq. Deceased (1804), with handwritten notes; Catalogue with handwritten note "Wellesley Collection Catalogue" "Copy at DeWitt" "Miniatures – prints – letters" (20 pages + handwritten notes on 5x8 index card); and a list of plates with handwritten note "Marquis of Stafford Catalogue of Collection" (8 pages).

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Cosway Property

Manuscripts

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Inventory of the Cosway property, 1820 [photocopy of handwritten original, pages 1-123]

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mssCosway

Sales catalogues of Cosway property, 1791-1896 [photocopies]

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Correspondence with Joseph Foladare (1976-1977); catalogues [photocopies]

Catalogues and Lists of Cosway Artwork and Property

Maggs Brothers catalogue of Cosway letters [photocopy]

Robert Udny sale catalogue; Witt's Marquis of Stafford catalogue; Witt's Wellesley Collection catalogue [photocopies]

Cosway Property

Inventory of the Cosway property, 1820 [photocopy of handwritten original, pages 1-123]