Samuel Cousins
(1801-1887), EngraverSitter in 7 portraits
Artist associated with 178 portraits
Apprenticed from 1814 to engraver Samuel Reynolds, during which time he engraved many of the 360 mezzotints illustrating the works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. He established himself as an independent engraver, publishing his first plates in 1826. As well as publishing on his own behalf, he was also employed by many leading print publishers. Working on steel plates, Cousins used a combination of stipple engraving and etching processes. His most commercially successful work was his prints after popular paintings. Elected an associate engraver of the Royal Academy in 1835, Cousins exhibited his engravings there from 1837. In 1855, he was one of only two engravers to be elected Royal Academician.
by Samuel Cousins, after George Richmond
mezzotint and stipple, after 1869
NPG D37894
by Samuel Cousins, published by Dickinson Brothers, after Lowes Cato Dickinson
hand-coloured mezzotint, published 1871
NPG D33649
Theophila Gwatkin (née Palmer) ('The Strawberry Girl')
by Samuel Cousins, published by Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1 May 1873 (1772-1773)
NPG D35087
by Samuel Cousins, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1874
NPG D31993
Lavinia Spencer (née Bingham), Countess Spencer
by Samuel Cousins, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1876
NPG D31786
The Princes in the Tower (Richard, Duke of York and Duke of Norfolk; King Edward V)
by Samuel Cousins, published by Fine Art Society Ltd, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
mezzotint, published 16 March 1879 (1878)
NPG D38019
Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st Bt
by Samuel Cousins, published by Colnaghi, Son & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1 January 1830
NPG D49739
by Samuel Cousins, published by Walter Benjamin Tiffin, published by Rittner and Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 22 April 1830
NPG D20071
by Samuel Cousins, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mixed-method engraving, published 17 March 1832, based on a work of 1828
NPG D49802
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
by Samuel Cousins, published by Colnaghi, Son & Co, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 13 April 1835 (1833)
NPG D40782
by Samuel Cousins, after George Richmond
mixed-method engraving, based on a work of 1851
NPG D49769
Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough; Unknown man
by Samuel Cousins, after Lowes Cato Dickinson
mixed-method engraving, based on a work of circa 1851
NPG D49801
Sir (Henry) Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Bt
by Samuel Cousins, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Henry Wyndham Phillips
mixed-method engraving, published 18 June 1859
NPG D49792
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde
by Samuel Cousins, published by Samuel Cousins, after Sir Francis Grant
mixed-method engraving, published 10 March 1862
NPG D49736
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Samuel Cousins, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, and Thomas Miller McLean, and Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mixed-method engraving, published 25 November 1878
NPG D49759
by Samuel Cousins, after Edwin Longsden Long
mixed-method engraving, 1880, based on a work of 1878
NPG D49687
by Samuel Cousins, after Edwin Longsden Long
mixed-method engraving, 1880, based on a work of 1878
NPG D49690
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