Richard Cosway Works Online
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Original works by Richard Cosway available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, UK
Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French) 
Richard Cosway at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas 
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Royal Academy of Arts Collection, London, UK
The Royal Collection, London, UK
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Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio
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A Lady
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
4 works by or related to the artist
Denver Art Museum / Berger Collection, Colorado
2 works online
Drawings from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Richard Cosway in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
National Library of Australia, Canberra
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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6 miniatures by Richard Cosway online
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City
Portrait of Horace Beckford at Age 13, 1790
State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy
Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen
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Tate Gallery, London, UK
The Albertina Graphic Art Databank, Vienna (in German)
The Huntington Library, California
The Wallace Collection, London, UK
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
D'Outre Manche Database of British Art in French Public Collections
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Richard Cosway in the Web Gallery of Art
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
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Miscellaneous Sites:
UK Government Art Collection
Articles and Reference Sites:
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt) 
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
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