Self-Portrait, by Richard Cosway

An image of Cosway, Richard. Self-portrait.Watercolour on ivory. 1795.

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Cosway, Richard. Self-portrait.Watercolour on ivory. 1795.

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Accession Number: PD.203-1961
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Image height: 760 pixels
Image width: 554 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
Filesize: 79.66kB
Captured: 2010:12:07 14:29:27

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