Title: Maria Cosway Description: Maria Cosway (Maria Louisa Caterina Cecelia Hadfield; 1760-1838), British-Italian artist and reportedly the love interest of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), American plantation owner, politician and third President of the U.S. (1801-1809), while he was the American envoy to Paris; she was married to Richard Cosway (1742-1821), English portrait artist, a union described as one of "convenience" where either party carried on separate affairs; her brother, architect George Hadfield (1763-1826), designed Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial in Virginia; (portrait painted by her husband); architects; Keywords: architecture, artists, extra-marital affairs, painters Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1200 x 1451 (1.74 MPixels) (1.21) Print Size: 10.2 x 12.3 cm; 4.0 x 4.8 inches File Size: 5.01 MB (5,250,108 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000095538c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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