COUSINS

Samuel . b. Exeter 9 May 1801; apprenticed to S. W. Reynolds the engraver, Sep. 1814, a istant to him; a mezzotint engraver at 104 Great Ru ell st. London 1826; A.R.A. Nov. 1835, a ociate engraver 1854, the first academician engraver 10 Feb. 1855; presented an almost complete set of his engravings to British Museum 1872; gave £15,000 to R.A. for benefit of poor artists about 1872; T. Agnew and Sons held an exhibition of his works at Manchester 1877; another exhibition took place at the Fine Art Society 148 New Bond st. London 1883 and a third was held at H. Graves and Co.’s, Pall Mall 1887. d. 24 Camden sq. London 7 May 1887. G. Pycroft’s Memoir of S. Cousins (1887) privately printed ; Artists at home 1 April 1884 pt. ii, p. 19; Sandby’s History of Royal Academy ii , 322–4 (1862).