SAMUEL COTES (BRITISH, 1734-1818)
Lot 272

SAMUEL COTES (BRITISH, 1734-1818)

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 3,500

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SAMUEL COTES (BRITISH, 1734-1818)
A lady, possibly Caroline-Mathilde (1751-1775), Queen of Denmark, in lace-bordered bright green dress with bows at sleeves and corsage, thin purple ribbon tied around her neck, drop-pearl earrings, lace scarf tied in her upswept powdered and curled hair
signed with initials and dated 'SC 1775' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 2 15/16 in. (74 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame, the reverse with central lock of plaited hair within blue glass surround

Christie's, London, 24 May 2000, lot 255 (as 'A lady').