Francis Cotes
Pryse Campbell (1726 - 1768)
About this artwork
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artist:Francis Cotes (1726 - 1770) English
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title:Pryse Campbell (1726 - 1768)
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date created:1762
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:Image: 127.00 x 101.20 cm; Framed: 157.00 x 131.00 cm
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credit line:Accepted by the Secretary of State for Scotland in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1987
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accession number:PG 2790
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Francis Cotes
Francis Cotes
Cotes was born in London. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to George Knapton, a respected artist who had painted the royal family. Cotes was a founder member of both the Society of Artists and the Royal Academy. He was an important pastel portraitist as well as a skilled oil painter. Cotes...
