On this day in 1797, Thomas Jefferson wrote to his friend Angelica Schuyler Church, the sister-in-law of Alexander Hamilton, inquiring about their mutual friend, Maria Cosway, a woman who had once ...

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The letter was a somewhat indiscreet one for a young matron to write a middle-aged widower—especially when the widower was the eminent Thomas Jefferson, U.S. minister to the court of Louis XVI.

At a time when most women barely left their parents house, the British/Italian artist Maria Hadfield Cosway (1759-1838) traveled the world, dined with royalty, inspired her fellow artists, and seduced ...

4 Tony Awards Committee Determines Eligibility For SCHMIGADOON!, CATS & More Modine's Jefferson came to life as a complex, compelling, and unexpectedly funny and vulnerable, as well as visionary, man.

In this episode, we’re investigating an 18th century family portrait of a young man at the prime of his life. Could a chance sighting by Philip have revealed an undiscovered work by the giant of ...

View Maria Cosway, her daughter Louisa and dog Maria stands full-length on steps, wearing 17th century style costume, her dress looped up over an underskirt, her boned bodice over a chemise, a ...

28.4 x 22 cm. (11.2 x 8.7 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...