Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 4th September 2024

Lot 697

Richard Cosway RA (1742-1821)

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1512

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Description

Richard Cosway RA (1742-1821)
A sibyl
Signed R.Cosway (lower left)
Black, red and white chalk with grey wash
24.7 x 16.9cm; 9¾ x 6¾in

Provenance:
Henry Scipio Reitlinger (1882-1950);
His posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, The H. S. Reitlinger Collection: Part II, 27 January 1954, lot 136;
Sotheby's, Billinghurst, The Garden & Selected Watercolours & Selected Oil Paintings, 22 May 1997, lot 147;
Mallams, Oxford, The Picture Sale, 7 July 2021, lot 487