Engraver
Valentine Green
, English, 1739-1813
Title
Mrs CoswayDate1787
MediumMezzotint
Dimensions
Sheet: 46.5 x 33.6 cm
Plate: 45.5 x 32.8 cm
Credit LinePurchased, 1887
Object numberNGI.10405
DescriptionSelf-Portrait by Maria Cosway (née Hadfield), a painter who was married to the miniature painter Richard Cosway and lived in London.Inscriptionlower centre (under image, lettered): MRS COSWAY. / Painted by Maria Cosway / Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine. / Published by V. and R. Green, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London, Sepr. 1st. 1787