Lot 250: FRANCIS COTES, R.A. (LONDON 1726-1770)

FRANCIS COTES, R.A. (LONDON 1726-1770)
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in Van Dyck costume
signed and dated ‘ F Cotes pxt:/ 1752’ (centre left)
pastel on paper
62.2 x 46.4cm (24 1/2 x 18 1/4in).

Provenance
Sale, Christie’s, London, 11 March 1978, lot 119
Literature
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, London, 2006, p.
140, ill.