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Francis Cotes

1726–1770

Anna Maria Astley, Aged Seven, and her Brother Edward, Aged Five and a Half 1767
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Historic and Modern British Art

Biography

Francis Cotes (20 May 1726 – 16 July 1770) was an English portrait painter, one of the pioneers of English pastel painting (or drawing), and a founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768.

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Artworks

  • Mrs Brocas (?)

    Francis Cotes
    date not known
  • Paul Sandby

    Francis Cotes
    1761
  • A Gentleman with a Cane

    Francis Cotes
    1765 or 69
  • Portrait of a Lady

    Francis Cotes
    1768
    On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art
  • Anna Maria Astley, Aged Seven, and her Brother Edward, Aged Five and a Half

    Francis Cotes
    1767
    On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art

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