Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Prints and Miniatures - 16th June 2010

Lot 345

Richard Cosway (1742-1821) Portrait of Charles Edward Long

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £600

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Description

Richard Cosway (1742-1821) Portrait of Charles Edward Long, aged 13 as a Harrow archer ¾ length, seated in a landscape Signed and inscribed on the reverse Oil on canvas, in a painted oval 91.5 x 71cm; 36 x 28in Provenance: Henry Lawes Long, Hampton Lodge near Farnham, Surrey Literature: R.M. Howard - The Longs of Jamaica and Hampton Lodge 1925, opposite p. 362 (ill.) Lithographed by J.S. Temple