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John Robert Cozens

Also known as: John Robert Cozens; primary name: Cozens, John Robert
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1752-1797
Biography: Watercolourist and etcher; b. London 1752; d. there 1797; son of Alexander Cozens; in Italy with Payne Knight 1776-9; and again with William Beckford 1782-3; 1789 published a series of aquatints of trees; became ill and placed under the care of Dr Thomas Monro from 1794.
Bibliography: ODNB CF Bell and T Girtin, ' The Drawings and Sketches of John Robert Cozens', Walpole Society, XXIII, 1935 [T Girtin's research notes, photographs and annotated copy of this publication are in the Girtin Family Archive, with notes on Monro school copies bequeathed to BM P&D (Library Pressmark Ce), full calendar of papers kept with them] A.P. Oppé, 'Alexander and John Robert Cozens', Edinburgh, 1952 F. Hawcroft, 'John Robert Cozens', exhibition catalogue, Whitworth and V&A, 1971 A. Wilton, 'The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens', Yale Center for British Art, 1980 K. Sloan, 'The Poetry of Landscape: Alexander and John Robert Cozens', Yale, 1986

79 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1878,1228.8 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1752-1799

drawing

Museum number: Oo,4.38 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1752-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1958,0712.334 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1752-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.12 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 2010,7072.42 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Charlotte AynscombeAttributed to:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1770s

drawing

Museum number: 1958,0712.393 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Joseph Mallord William TurnerAfter:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1792

drawing

Museum number: 1878,1228.6 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1752-1797

drawing

Museum number: Gg,3.395 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1752-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.30 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1958,0712.394 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Joseph Mallord William TurnerAfter:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1792

drawing

Museum number: 1915,0313.82 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Joseph Mallord William TurnerDrawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1795-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.18 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 2010,7072.49 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Attributed to:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1770s

drawing

Museum number: 1878,1228.10 |
Producer name: Attributed to:John Robert CozensAttributed to:John Henderson |
Production date: 1752-1799

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.24 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.23 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: Oo,4.9 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1752-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1958,0712.332 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1752-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1958,0712.395 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Joseph Mallord William TurnerAfter:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1792

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.27 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.9 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: Gg,3.394 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1752-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.21 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1752-1799

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.17 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1981,0328.1 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1790

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.32 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1958,0712.392 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Joseph Mallord William TurnerAfter:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1792

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.22 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.10 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.15 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.19 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.11 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1912,0513.15 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Thomas GirtinAfter:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1775-1802

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.16 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1915,0313.83 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Joseph Mallord William TurnerDrawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1795-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.28 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.14 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.26 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1958,0712.387 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Joseph Mallord William TurnerAfter:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1792-1793

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.29 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1878,1228.9 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1752-1799

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.31 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1878,1228.7 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1783-1794

drawing

Museum number: 1915,0313.84 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Joseph Mallord William TurnerDrawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1795-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1943,0831.5 |
Producer name: Drawn by:John MonroAfter:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1801-1880

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.25 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1958,0712.333 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1767-1842

drawing

Museum number: 1938,0419.1 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.13 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.242 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1777-1779

drawing

Museum number: Oo,4.8 |
Producer name: Attributed to:John Robert CozensAfter:Charles Gore |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1878,1228.5 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1752-1799

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0411.20 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Drawn by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1776

print; drawing book; album

Museum number: 1972,U.459.1-28 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Robert CozensPublished by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1789

print

Title: Lake of Albano |
Museum number: 1928,0214.49 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Print made by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1770-1790

print

Title: Birch Series of 13 Trees |
Museum number: 1866,1208.348 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Robert CozensPublished by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1789

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexander CozensPublished by:John Peter Thompson |
Production date: 1801

print

Title: Thorn. Delineations of the General Character, Ramificatio |
Museum number: 1893,0124.3.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Robert CozensPublished by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Fir. Delineations of the General Character, Ramificatio |
Museum number: 1893,0124.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Robert CozensPublished by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Cedar. Delineations of the General Character, Ramificatio |
Museum number: 1893,0124.3.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Robert CozensPublished by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: Hh,13.3.84 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wilson LowryAfter:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Beech. Delineations of the General Character, Ramificatio |
Museum number: 1893,0124.3.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Robert CozensPublished by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Palm. Delineations of the General Character, Ramificatio |
Museum number: 1893,0124.3.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Robert CozensPublished by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Oak Series of 13 Trees |
Museum number: 1867,1214.402 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Print made by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1789

print

Title: Oak Series of 13 Trees |
Museum number: 1866,1208.349 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Print made by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1789

print

Title: Poplar Delineations of the General Character, Ramificatio |
Museum number: 1893,0124.3.9 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Print made by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1789

print

Museum number: Nn,7.18.14 |
Producer name: After:John Robert CozensPrint made by:Joseph Skelton |
Production date: 1798-1835

print

Title: Horse Chestnut Series of 13 Trees |
Museum number: 1869,0814.6 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Print made by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1789

print

Title: Elm. Delineations of the General Character, Ramificatio |
Museum number: 1893,0124.3.5 |
Producer name: BIOG23906 Print made by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1789

print

Museum number: 1858,0417.325 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexander CozensPrint made by:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1801

print

Title: Horse chestnut. Delineations of the General Character, Ramificatio |
Museum number: 1893,0124.3.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Robert CozensPublished by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Willow. Delineations of the General Character, Ramificatio |
Museum number: 1893,0124.3.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Robert CozensPublished by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Birch. Delineations of the General Character, Ramificatio |
Museum number: 1893,0124.3.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Robert CozensPublished by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Title: View of the Rock at Delphi |
Museum number: Hh,13.4.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:James DavisAfter:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1899,0713.195 |
Producer name: After:John Robert CozensPrint made by:Samuel Alken |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Title: View of Mount Parnassus |
Museum number: Hh,13.4.94 |
Producer name: Print made by:James DavisAfter:John Robert Cozens |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Oak. Delineations of the General Character, Ramificatio |
Museum number: 1893,0124.3.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Robert CozensPublished by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Weeping willow. Delineations of the General Character, Ramificatio |
Museum number: 1893,0124.3.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Robert CozensPublished by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Aspin. Delineations of the General Character, Ramificatio |
Museum number: 1893,0124.3.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Robert CozensPublished by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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