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Fake or Fortune?: Cosway or Lawrence

Fake or Fortune? (2010)

Documentary, Art | UK

Director: Lucy Swingler

BBC Four | Tuesday 18 May 2021 | 01:10

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Tuesday 18 May 2021 01:10

Monday 17 May 2021 20:00

Wednesday 4 September 2019 00:15

Sunday 25 August 2019 16:45

Thursday 1 August 2019 21:00

SEASON: 8

EPISODE: 2 - Cosway or Lawrence

SYNOPSIS

The team investigate an 18th century family portrait of a young man at the prime of his life, which may be the work of giant of Regency portraiture Sir Thomas Lawrence. This painting has been passed down the generations of the Cecil family as the work of the pioneering female artist, Maria Cosway.

Producer: Lucy Swingler

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