Live Auction 7893Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours
Francis Cotes, R.A. (London 1726-1770)
Lot 199

Francis Cotes, R.A. (London 1726-1770)

Portrait of Dorothea Tucker (b. 1741), in a pale pink dress and blue shawl

Closed6 December 2012

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GBP 4,000

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Francis Cotes, R.A. (London 1726-1770)
Portrait of Dorothea Tucker (b. 1741), in a pale pink dress and blue shawl
signed and dated 'F Cotes pxt/1764' (centre left)
pastel on paper laid on canvas
25½ x 19½ in. (64.7 x 49.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 July 1930, lot 148 (50 gns to Pawsey & Payne).
with Pawsey & Payne, London.
James Thursby-Pelham; Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1947, lot 63 (£32).
with Frost & Reed, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 March 1952, lot 53 (unsold).

Specialist note

A portrait of the sitter's sister, Rebecca, also dated 1764, was sold in these Rooms on 28 November 2000, lot 24.