Portrait Miniatures : From the Time of Holbein 1531 to That of Sir William Ross 1860 : a Handbook for Collectors
Portrait Miniatures : From the Time of Holbein 1531 to That of Sir William Ross 1860 : a Handbook for Collectors
George Charles Williamson
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cule; but, notwithstanding it all, he remained for years at the top of nis profession, and was a very successful man. Interesting family records at Longford Castle, discovered and kindly copied for me by the Countess of Radnor, reveal the prices Cosway obtained for his work. For a **stayned" drawing he charged in 1780, £2(> 55.; for a miniature in 1786, ;^23 2s. ; for a small oil portrait, £^0 ; and for a large one, ;^75. A miniature done for a Mr. Cary Elwes is known to have cost the family 25... guineas. From such charges, which equalled, even if they did not exceed, the prices charged by the President, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Cosway was enabled to accumulate a considerable fortune, the whole of which he bequeathed to his widow. His character was a complex and curious 68 MINIATURES. mixture. He was vain and pompous to the last degree, affedled and conceited, but withal very kind-hearted, generous, and ready to help. Usually a bright, gay little man, re- joicing in his success, he was speedily over- come by misfortune and easily dejedled.
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