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SM P145. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Art UK
Maria Cosway (1759 - 1838)
A Persian lady worshipping the rising sun
1784
Oil on canvas
Height: 61cm, sight size
Width: 73.7cm, sight size
Width: 73.7cm, sight size
Museum number: P145
A letter from Maria Cosway to John Soane (Soane Archive) dated April 27, 1822 explains that she had presented this painting to the Dowager Lady Lyttelton as a token of friendship; Lady Lyttelton then bequeathed it back to the artist in her Will; Maria Cosway then 'placed it with' her friend Mrs. George Hardinge; on her death 'the Persian came to me again' and was then given to Soane by the artist as a token of friendship (in 1822).
Literature
Soane, Description, 1830, p.15 and 38
Soane, Description, 1835, p. 20
A.T. Bolton, Portrait of Sir John Soane, 1927, p. 335
New Description, 2007, p. 31
Soane, Description, 1835, p. 20
A.T. Bolton, Portrait of Sir John Soane, 1927, p. 335
New Description, 2007, p. 31
Exhibition history
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1784
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