Mrs. Damer & Miss Berry by Cosway [art original].

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Title: Mrs. Damer & Miss Berry by Cosway [art original].
Alternative Title: Mrs. Damer and Miss Berry by Cosway
Contributor: Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821, associated name.
Published / Created: [circa 1816-1818]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Portraits of Miss Mary Berry and Mrs. Anne Damer seated across a table from each other in the Library at Strawberry Hill. Each holds a book in her hand; the table on which they lean is also piled with books
Description: Title in pencil below image added later in a different hand from the note on the verso.
Note on verso in black ink in a contemporary hand: Mrs. Seymour Damer & Miss Berry in the Library at Strawberry Hill, a sketch by Cosway.
No longer thought to be in the hand of Cosway.
Date based on other drawings in the collection which have been identified as circa 1816 and not before 1818.
Provenance: Christies' Waller Sale, 15 December 1947, lot 24. Sotheby's Hely-Hutchinson Sale, lot 263 to Agnew for W.S. Lewis, 13 March 1956.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 152 x 213 mm, on sheet 179 x 253 mm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait drawings
Graphite drawings British 19th century
Material: pencil drawing ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Name): Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828,
Berry, Mary, 1763-1852,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic): Artists
Libraries (Rooms & spaces)
Women
Subjects: Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828
Berry, Mary, 1763-1852
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Artists
Libraries (Rooms & spaces) > England
Women
British > 19th century

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