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Samuel Cousins

Samuel Cousins, engraver, self portrait mezzotint engraving
Samuel Cousins, engraver, self portrait mezzotint engraving

Samuel Cousins, engraver, self portrait mezzotint engraving

By Samuel Cousins

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

Samuel Cousins Mezzotint, by Edwin Long after Samuel Cousins (1801-1887). 1884. 530mm by 405mm (platemark) 620mm by 495mm (sheet).

Category

Late 19th Century English School Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving, Mezzotint

Playmates, mezzotint of child and cat by Cousins after Hugues Merle
Playmates, mezzotint of child and cat by Cousins after Hugues Merle

Playmates, mezzotint of child and cat by Cousins after Hugues Merle

By Samuel Cousins

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

Hugues Merle was a French painter who mostly depicted sentimental or moral subjects. Samuel Cousins was a highly regarded mezzotint engraver. 350mm by 280mm (sheet), 240mm by 200mm...

Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

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Portrait of a member of the Mellish family, Exquisite Quality, Fine Carved Frame
Portrait of a member of the Mellish family, Exquisite Quality, Fine Carved Frame

Portrait of a member of the Mellish family, Exquisite Quality, Fine Carved Frame

Located in London, GB

Edward died unmarried in 1703 and left his estate at Blyth to our sitter, Joseph Mellish (1675-1733), the son of his cousin Samuel Mellish (1634-1707) and his second wife Joan.

Category

Late 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cherry Ripe, Girl in a Bonnet
Cherry Ripe, Girl in a Bonnet

Cherry Ripe, Girl in a Bonnet

By John Everett Millais

Located in Soquel, CA

Girl in a bonnet German Mezzotint of a work by the artist Sir James Everett Millais and print by Samuel Cousins. Circa 1890-1900. Presented in a giltwood frame.

Category

1890s Romantic Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mezzotint

Major General Bonham (Last English Governor of Surinam)
Major General Bonham (Last English Governor of Surinam)

Major General Bonham (Last English Governor of Surinam)

By Thomas Lupton

Located in New Orleans, LA

Later he became assistant to Samuel William Reynolds, and, when Samuel Cousins was articled to the latter in 1814, Lupton gave him his first lesson.

Category

1810s Victorian Portrait Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

Puck (Midsummer's Night's dream / William Shakespeare
Puck (Midsummer's Night's dream / William Shakespeare

Puck (Midsummer's Night's dream / William Shakespeare

By Samuel William Reynolds

Located in New Orleans, LA

As well as creating many great portraits, Samuel William Reynolds was also an influential teacher and among his finest students were David Lucas, Samuel Cousins and Georges Maile.

Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Prints

Materials

Mezzotint, Etching

Lord Seaham, Marquis of Londonderry
Lord Seaham, Marquis of Londonderry

Lord Seaham, Marquis of Londonderry

By Sir Thomas Lawrence

Located in Hillsborough, NC

A handwritten note on the back suggests the painting is by artist R. Cousins, After Sir Thomas Lawrence. Samuel Cousins was the engraver of work by Lawrence, and was also an artist i...

Category

Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Matilda Wetherall Smoking a Cigarette - British Victorian Portrait oil painting
Matilda Wetherall Smoking a Cigarette - British Victorian Portrait oil painting

Matilda Wetherall Smoking a Cigarette - British Victorian Portrait oil painting

By Edwin Longsden Long

Located in Hagley, England

Among other portraits of his latter years were a memorial portrait of the Earl of Iddesleigh, of which he painted a replica for the National Portrait Gallery, portraits of Cardinal M...

Category

19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Prices for pieces in our collection of samuel cousins start at $240 and top out at $34,592 with the average selling for $3,413.