Cosmo Alexander

Born: 1724

Death: 1772

Biography:

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. Alexander was the son of John Alexander, a painter and engraver from Aberdeen, and was named Cosmo afte...