Cosmo Alexander | |
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![]() Self-portrait, 1749 | |
Born | Cosmo Alexander[1] 1724 |
Died | 25 August 1772 | (aged 47–48)
Nationality | Scottish |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Jacobitism |
Cosmo Alexander (1724 – 25 August 1772) was a Scottish portrait painter. A supporter of James Edward Stuart's claim to the English and Scottish thrones, Alexander spent much of his life overseas following the defeat of the Jacobite cause in 1745.