Francis Cotes
Portrait of a Lady
About this artwork
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artist:Francis Cotes (1726 - 1770) English
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title:Portrait of a Lady
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pen, brown ink and watercolour on paper (squared in pencil)
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measurements:31.00 x 20.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented through Art Fund 1953, from the Collection of Sir Edward Marsh
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accession number:D 4685
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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...